Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derrywillow, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrywillow
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.87331, -7.94474
- SMR number
- LE035-019----
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 towards the bottom of the S-facing slope of a N-S drumlin ridge. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) is depicted only on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘Fort’. This is a grass-covered but eroded circular platform (diam. 26m N-S; 25m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.55m). The ramp entrance (Wth 1.4m) is at SE and there are slight traces of a fosse at S. A house had been built c. 10m to the NW and the visible profile probably removed by 1995 (OSAP).
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
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.