Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derrybrack, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrybrack
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.89453, -7.98054
- SMR number
- LE035-001----
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 low rise on the SW-facing slope of a drumlin overlooking the NW-SE section of the River Shannon between Lough Tap to the NW and Lough Boderg to the SE. This is an overgrown circular earthen platform (int. diam. 37m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by a slight earthen bank (at E: int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.4m), with traces of a fosse SE-SW. The original entrance is not identified.
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: 6 January 2020
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.