Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Leekfield, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leekfield
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.23715, -8.72041
- SMR number
- SL019-017001-
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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
In pasture, located on the level W end of a limestone terrace, on the lower NE-facing slopes of a limestone hill named Red Hill on the 1913 OS 6-inch map. The terrace is defined on the NW–N by a steep, almost vertical drop (H c. 5m) broken by limestone outcropping. Broadly oval area (22m N–S; c. 26m E–W) defined by a ruined stone wall. The collapsed wall is visible as a low, sod-covered stony rise (Wth c. 3m). On its inner edge it is more or less flush with interior ground level but it has a more pronounced external slope (ext. H 0.6-0.8m). At NNE–NE several in situ limestone blocks are visible, representing the basal course of the external wall face. The original entrance may be at SSW where there is a low area or gap (Wth 2m) in the wall. The grass-covered interior has a slight slope down to E. Immediately to W of the cashel, the terrace drops to a lower level, where there is an enclosure (SL019-017----).
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 3 September 2014
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