
What is recorded here
Located in deciduous woodland on the N side of Inishkeen Island (max. dims c. 800m WNW-ESE; c. 200m NNE-SSW), close to the N shore of Lough Melvin. An enclosure (dims c. 240m WNW-ESE; c. 50-60m NNE-SSW) is described in italic lettering on the 1909 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as the ‘Friars Garden’. This is defined by a collapsed rubble bank, best preserved at the E end (Wth 3m; H 0.5-1m), and slag was found on the shore at N in the 1940s (SMR file).
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.
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
InishkeenIslet · 128 yd
Church (in Ruins)Church · 1.1 mi
InishtempleIslet · 1.1 mi
Enclosure in CloghanEnclosure · 1.2 mi
Mass-rock in Sracummer (rosclogher By.)Mass-rock · 1.9 mi
Bradoge Bridgebridge · 1.9 mi
Conwal NorthMountain / peak · 2.6 mi
Rosfriar PointHeadland · 2.7 mi
Lareen BayBay · 3.0 mi
CastleCastle, tower house · 3.2 mi
Castle in ruinsCastle, unclassified · 3.9 miOther information
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