Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Leitrim (frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leitrim (frenchpark By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.84319, -8.45162
- SMR number
- RO015-037001-
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
Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a slight E-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 42m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.3-3.8m; int. H 0.2-0.8m; ext. H 0.6-0.8m) S-W-N and by a scarp (H 1m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance, but the perimeter is circumvented by a farm lane S-W. The 'Cave' marked on the OS 6-inch map as inside the perimeter at S and described as artificial (OS Name Books) is undoubtedly a souterrain (RO015-037002-), but it cannot be seen now. Cashel (RO015-069001-) is c. 100m to the W.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
OSNB 25-inch. Ordnance Survey Name Books compiled in the course of the 1:2500 survey of Ireland. National Archives of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.