Ringfort - rath

The National Monuments Service's description

Located on a small SE-NW spur which is on the W-facing slope of a N-S drumlin ridge, with a small SE-NW stream c. 30m to the NE. This is a grass and rush-covered subcircular area (dims 27.5m E-W; 23.2m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 7.4-7.7m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 0.9-1m) SE-W which is reduced to a scarp (Wth 2-3m; H 0.45-0.6m) elsewhere, and slight traces of a fosse S-W. The original entrance is not detected but outside the scarp is a berm (Wth 1.4-1.7m) defined by a second scarp (Wth 1.2m; H 1.15-1.5m) suggestive of an outer bank N-SE. Field banks are attached to the inner scarp at N and SE, and a N-S road bank is just outside to the 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