Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Beihy, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Beihy
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cahir
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.83106, -7.78945
- SMR number
- LE038-003----
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 pasture on an E-facing slope. The word 'Cahir' is printed in italic script only on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level and a precise location cannot be provided.
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 - rath1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.