
What is recorded here
On a shelf of the W side of Glenade valley overlooking Glenade Lough, the NW corner of which is c. 350m to the E. Grass and reed-covered circular area (int. dims 29m NW-SE; 29.5m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (at NW: Wth 2.54m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m; at SW: Wth 4m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 1.4m), with an outer fosse (Wth 3.5-4.5m; D 0.1-0.4m) visible SW-N. The entrance (Wth 1.6m) is at NNW and the monument is bisected by a NE-SW field bank and drain.
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: 23 September 2008
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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