Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumbad (mohill By.),gortletteragh, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumbad (mohill By.),gortletteragh
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.87947, -7.81992
- SMR number
- LE036-016----
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. A ‘Danish Fort’ is depicted on an estate map (Wogan 1750, 27), and on later OS 6-inch maps. This is an overgrown circular area (int. diam. c. 24m N-S; c. 22m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (at S: Wth of base 7.9m; Wth of top 1.5m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 2m) with slight traces of an external fosse (at S: Wth of top 4m; Wth of base 1m; ext. D 0.5m). The original entrance is not identified, and the monument is bisected by an ENE-WSW field bank.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.