Earthwork in Leamaskally, County Leitrim

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What is recorded here

Located in pasture towards the bottom of the steep E-facing slope of a drumlin. It is depicted as a small circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 12-15m) only on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a 'fort'. No feature is visible at ground level, and it is not known locally.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE015-107

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