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Ringfort - rath

Breanross North, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Breanross North, 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
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----

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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

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

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

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