Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Boeeshil (mohill By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boeeshil (mohill By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.91802, -7.86811
- SMR number
- LE032-069----
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 towards the N end of a N-S drumlin ridge. A circular embanked enclosure described as a ‘Fort’ is depicted on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map and a hachured feature with a water-tank is represented on the 1945 revision. This is an overgrown subcircular area (dims 36m N-S; 31.2m E-W) defined by a fosse (at N: Wth of top 3m; Wth of base 1.5m; int. D 1.8m; ext. D 1.4m) with a water tank at the centre. There is no visible bank or identifiable original entrance.
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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
- Tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.