Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumhirk (mohill By., Rinn Ed), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumhirk (mohill By., Rinn Ed)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.89130, -7.81371
- SMR number
- LE036-011----
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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 the crest of and at the centre of a N-S drumlin ridge. This is a grass-covered subcircular area (int. dims 39m N-S; 33m E-W) defined by an overgrown earth and stone bank (at W: Wth of base 4.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.5m), with an outer fosse (at W: Wth of top 5.2m; Wth of base 2m; ext. D 0.8m) at W. It is disturbed by a field boundary at E. Archaeological testing (03E0166) immediately to the S produced no related material (Read 2003, 2006).
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
References
Read, C. 2006 Drumhirk: no archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 301, No. 1108. Bray, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.