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
- 53.91087, -7.96283
- SMR number
- LE032-078----
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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 top of a NNW-SSE drumlin ridge at a point where field banks approaching from NW, NE, SE and SW meet. It is depicted as a circular feature and described as a ‘Fort’ on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 18.8m E-W; 17.8m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at S: Wth of base 2.4-2.5m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.7m at S to 1.3m at W) with an outer fosse or drain (at W: Wth or top 2m; Wth of base 1m; ext. D 0.4m) E-S-W, and by a scarp (at N: Wth 1.3m; H 0.7m) elsewhere. A modern gateway has been inserted into the perimeter at S.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.