Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clooncarreen, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clooncarreen
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.84418, -7.85690
- SMR number
- LE037-002----
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 towards the top of the E-facing slope of a low NNW-SSE drumlin ridge. This is an overgrown circular area (int. diam. 38.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m at S to 6.1m at W; int. H 0.2-0.5m generally to 0.9m at W; ext. H 0.5m at S to 1.3-1.9m generally) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 5.8-6m; Wth of base 0.5-1.8m; ext. D 1-1.4m) which is disturbed at SE by a field bank. The original entrance is not identified.
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
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Weir - regulatingunder 1 mi
- House - 17th/18th century1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.