Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Breanross North, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Breanross North
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.90265, -7.82604
- SMR number
- LE036-005----
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
Situated in a low-lying area at the base of a W-facing slope with the E shore of Lough Sallagh c. 250m to the W. A ‘Danish Fort’ is depicted on an estate map (Wogan 1750, 28), and on later OS 6-inch maps. This is an overgrown circular and water-logged area (diam. 39.6m E-W; 39.2m N-S; int. diam. 35m N-S; 33m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 2.4m at N to 4.7m at S; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 0.8-1.4m) with an external fosse (at W: Wth of top 4m; Wth of base 1.5m; ext. D 0.3m) SW-NW, which has been recut as a drain elsewhere. 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: 7 January 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.