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Ringfort - rath

Drumgilra (Leitrim By.), County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Drumgilra, County Leitrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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