Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumgilra (leitrim By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumgilra (leitrim By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.90960, -7.96667
- SMR number
- LE032-077----
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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
Situated on a slight rise in a low-lying landscape with drumlins to the E and W. This is a grass-covered circular platform (diam. 41.4m E-W; 38.3m N-S; H 0.8-1.2m) defined by a widely spread bank (Wth of base 6.3m; int. H 0.4m) at N but largely by the overgrown fosse (Wth of top 5-7m; Wth of base 1-2m; ext. D 0.2-0.8m), and an outer bank (at N: Wth of base 4.2m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.2m) which is visible W-NE but is curtailed by a NE-SW field bank at SE and incorporated into a NW-SE field bank (Wth of base 4.3m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.8m) at SW. The original entrance is not identified, and rath (LE032-105----) is c. 130m to the NW.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.