What is recorded here

Indicated is a buried stone ringfort on a Leitrim rise, its oval chamber and central house still marked by drystone walls. It is the kind of place where human life stopped being visible but did not stop happening. People may have lived, fled, returned or forgotten it. The stones remain because they resisted the claim that the land was empty.

On top of a rise. Overgrown oval area (int. dims 32m E-W; 26.5m N-S) defined by a drystone wall (Wth 1.2m at N to 2.05m at SSE; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1m at NE to 1.9m at NW) with sandstone boulder facing-stones and a rubble core. An external annexe (Wth 11m) attached to N and defined by an overgrown wall W-NE may be the original line of the perimeter. A subrectangular house site (ext. dims 8.5m x 6.5m) in the centre is defined by a stone wall spread (Wth 2m; H 0.25m). 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

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