Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumconny, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumconny
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.91805, -7.80148
- SMR number
- LE033-044----
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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 bottom of the E-facing slope of a drumlin with a canalised SSE-NNW stream immediately to the E. This is a raised and grass-covered circular platform (diam. 30.2m E-W; 28.4m N-S; H 1.5m) with some trees defined by the lip of a bank (int. H 0.1-0.2m), a fosse (Wth of top 5.7-7.6m; Wth of base 2-3m; ext. D 0.7-1m) and an outer earthen bank (Wth of base 3-4.6m; 3m W - N to 8m at S; ext. H 0.7-1m), with slight traces of a second outer fosse at N. A gap in the outer bank at NW may be recent, and the original entrance is not identified. The outer bank at S is incorporated into a NE-SW field bank.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.