Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumgrania, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumgrania
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.88276, -7.79977
- SMR number
- LE036-017----
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 at the S end of a NNW-SSE drumlin ridge. This is a grass and scrub-covered circular area (diam. 40.1m E-W; 36.6m N-S; int. dims 36m E-W; 28m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 5-7m; int. H 0.6-1m; ext. H 1.8-2.2m) and a recut external fosse (Wth of top 6-8.3m; Wth of base 2.2-3.5m; ext. D 0.8-1.3m). Some of the original fill of the fosse can be seen as a berm (Wth 1m) at the external base of the bank E-S. The entrance (Wth of base 2.2m) and causeway (Wth of top 4.4m) are at S.
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
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.