
What is recorded here
Located on a gentle S-facing slope with the SW-NE River Shannon c. 150m to the S. It was first identified by S. Curran as part of an M.A. Thesis with University College Dublin using a LiDAR survey dataset commissioned by Leitrim County Council and the NRA. This is a D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 58.6m N-S; c. 58m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at N: Wth 5.1m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.5m) and outer fosse (at N: Wth of top 7m; Wth of base 2.5m; D 0.1m) NW-NNE and a scarp (H 0.3m SE-SSW, but the perimeter is barely traceable SSW-NW. It is curtailed by a NNW-SSE field bank (L 62m) at E. A NW-SE field bank that is marked on the 1835 ed. of the OS 6-inch map has been removed in the past leaving a scar, and the perimeter is not realy traceable W of this feature. There is no identifiable entrance. The bank is not very defensible, and it is possible that the enclosure was a tree-ring.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 9 April, 2013
Amended: 15 April, 2014
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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