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Ringfort - rath

Drumshanbo South, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Drumshanbo South, 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
Drumshanbo South
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
53.85535, -7.78441
SMR number
LE036-027----

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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

Located on a gentle W-facing slope at the S end of a NNW-SSE drumlin ridge. It is represented as a large enclosure rather than an antiquity on the OS 6-inch maps. This is a subcircular grass and rush-covered area (dims 54m E-W; 47m N-S) defined by an overgrown perimeter consisting of a rounded fosse (Wth of top c. 6m; int. D 1.2m; ext. D 1m) N-NNE which is reduced to an eroded fosse (Wth of top 10m; int. D 0.4m) NNE-E and a narrower fosse or drain (Wth of top 4m; int. D 1m; ext. D 0.2m) E-SSW. The fosse is removed by farm buildings at SE, and the perimeter is defined by a scarp (H 1.5m at W) SSW-N. There is an entrance (Wth 2m), probably modern, at E, and there is a plantation of coniferous trees in the W part of the interior.
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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