
What is recorded here
Indicated as a circular feature (diam. c. 35m) only on the 1910 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is located in pasture on a SW-facing slope on the lower slopes of Dough Mountain and on the N side of Glenfarne valley. This is a flat, oval and grass-covered area (dims c. 30m E-W; c. 20m N-S) with a slight outward curve in the field bank at W. Cashel (LE008-016----) is c. 100m to the NW and rath (LE008-018----) is c. 130m to the NE.
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.
Date of upload/revision: 13 December 2011
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Not indicatdFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 189 yd
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IndicatedFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1464 yd
worker's houseworker's house · 1711 yd
Dough MountainMountain / peak · 2.1 mi
Saddle HillMountain / peak · 2.4 mi
Kilroosk RockNamed rock · 2.4 mi
The Giants GraveArchaeological place · 2.6 mi
Ashisland WoodForest · 3.5 mi
Longhill WoodForest · 3.8 mi
Fowley's FallsPicnic place · 4.6 miOther information
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