Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Beagh More, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Beagh More
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.95249, -7.66220
- SMR number
- LE034-004----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 a rise toward the top of the E-facing slope of a N-S drumlin ridge. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (int. diam. 48m E-W; 44m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 3.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m) and hedge NW-N and SSE-SW (Wth of base 2.7m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.8m) which is reduced to a scarp (Wth 1.5m; H 0.6m) SW-NW and N-SE (Wth 2.5m; max. H 1.7m) with a hedge. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.