Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumcoora (mohill By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumcoora (mohill By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.90737, -7.95367
- SMR number
- LE032-080----
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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 at the crest of the E-facing slope of a N-S drumlin ridge towards the S end. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (diam. 36.4m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by a slight fosse (Wth of top 3.6 6.2m; int. D 0.2-0.4m) NE-S-NW which peters out elsewhere, and an outer overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.5-3m; int. H 0.6-1m; ext. H 0.8-1.4m), which is incorporated into a field bank S-NW. There are entrances, probably modern, through the outer bank at NW (Wth 4m) and E (Wth 2.5m), the latter now blocked. Although there is no clear evidence of an inner bank, it is probably a rath.
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.