Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Drumhany, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumhany
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.92621, -7.94473
- SMR number
- LE032-056----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on the crest of a N-S drumlin ridge. This is a D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 62m NNW-SSE; 32m ENE-WSW) defined by a slight but overgrown earthen bank (at E: Wth of base c. 3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.5m) which is largely represented by a scarp (Wth c. 3m; H 1.5m) elsewhere, and a fosse that is only visible (Wth of top 5m; Wth of base 1m; ext. D 0.4m) across the ridge N-NE. There are numerous entrances but none could be identified as the original. The monument is truncated by a farmyard immediately to the S, which was present on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Amended: 6 December 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.