Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Leitrim (Granard By., Ballinalee ED), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leitrim (Granard By., Ballinalee ED)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.77721, -7.64126
- SMR number
- LF009-012----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
On a level shelf of ground on a S-facing slope. Depicted as a roughly oval enclosure with the designation ‘Fort’ on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1986 (SMR file) recorded a much-disturbed, almost circular area (c. 23m NW–SE; c. 22m NE–SW) enclosed by a very slight bank from S-W-WNW with a shallow external fosse. A field bank ran across the perimeter from WNW-N, and a laneway and old farm building encroached upon it at E and SE. The original entrance was not recognisable. The monument is not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 28 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Memorial stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.