Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumkeilvy, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumkeilvy
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.93284, -7.82677
- SMR number
- LE033-018----
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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 towards the top of the E-facing slope of a short N-S drumlin ridge. This is an overgrown circular area (diam. c. 45m E-W; c. 40m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at E: Wth of base 7.6m; int. H 1m; ext. H 2.8m) separated by a fosse (at E: Wth of top 9.5m; Wth of base 2.8m; ext. D 2.5m) from an outer bank (at E: Wth of base 5.6m; ext. H 1m). The original entrance is not identified (max. ext. dims c. 60m N-S; c. 64m E-W).
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: 9 December, 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.