Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Drumshanbo South, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumshanbo South
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lisachapul
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisachappul (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.85320, -7.78450
- SMR number
- LE036-028----
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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 reclaimed pasture on a gentle W-facing slope which is in a slight col on a N-S drumlin ridge. A small enclosure (diam. c. 20m) with bushes on the perimeter is depicted faintly as on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as ‘Lisnachappul’ – Fort of the horses. Two bushes remain untouched, and the stones accumulated at their base are regarded locally as a mass-rock.
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: 15 December 2011
Amended: 7 January 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.