Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bunkilleen, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bunkilleen
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.91675, -7.92284
- SMR number
- LE032-084----
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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 the E shore of Lough Erril with the lake shore c. 30m to the SW and crannog (LE032-087----) c. 100m to the SW. This is an overgrown subcircular area (int. dims c. 26m N-S; c. 22m E-W) defined by a low earthen bank (at NW: Wth of base 4m; Wth of top 0.8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.7m) NW-NE which is reduced to a slight scarp elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. The perimeter is truncated slightly by a WNW-ESE field bank at NE.
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 2109
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.