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Ringfort - rath

Dristernan, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Dristernan, 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
Dristernan
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.95019, -7.98873
SMR number
LE032-102----

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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 in rough pasture on a NNW-SSE ridge, with similar ridges c. 150m to the E and c. 200m to the SW. It was first identified by Susan Curran as part of an M.A. thesis with University College Dublin using a LiDAR survey dataset commissioned by Leitrim County Council and the National Roads Authority, and it is visible on the OSI aerial images (2005) and Bing images (c. 2013). This is a circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 24m N-S; 24m N-S) defined by a shallow fosse SE-W-NE that is best preserved (Wth of top 6.2m; Wth of base 2.5m; D 0.2m) at S and is reduced to a scarp (Wth 1.7m H 0.15m) NE-SE. There is no recognisable entrance. The rath (LE032-005----) is on the parallel ridge c. 130m to the E.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 11 May, 2015

Nearby in the register

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

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