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Ringfort - rath

Aghamore (Mohill By., Drumod ED), County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Aghamore, County Leitrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Aghamore (Mohill By., Drumod ED)
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Forts
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.89910, -7.96327
SMR number
LE035-003----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located towards the top of the NW-facing slope of a drumlin and directly S of rath (LE035-003----). This is a grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 32m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 6.5-8m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 0.5m at S to 1.8m at N), reduced to a scarp (Wth 8m; H 2.5m) at E, and an external fosse (Wth of top 7.3-10m; Wth of base 1.5-3m; ext. D 0.15m at W to 0.7m at N) which is shared with rath (LE035-002----) at NW. The original entrance is not identified, but there is a local tradition of a souterrain in the interior.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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