Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cornaferst, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cornaferst
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.94390, -7.63345
- SMR number
- LE034-011----
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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 slight rise on a SE-facing slope and at the NW shore of Gulladoo Lough towards its S end. This is an overgrown D-shaped area (int. dims c. 48m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 7.5-9.5m; int. H 1.3-1.5m; ext. H 1.9-2.5m) and an external fosse (Wth of top 6.9-7.8m normally to 13.8m at W; Wth of base 1.4-3m; ext. D 0.9m at E and W to 1.6-2m at NW and NE) SW-W-NE. The bank backs on to the lake at SE, and there is a well-preserved causewayed entrance at NW.
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
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.