What is recorded here

Carrickanurroo is an oval earthen platform, thirty-six metres across, perched on a steep hillock in County Leitrim. The earth has softened into a shallow scarp hidden by scrub, erasing the entrance and boundary that once defined the rath. Whatever lived there has returned to grass and soil, leaving only the shape of a room the land forgot how to name.

Located at the summit of a steep-sided and prominent hillock. This is a grass and scrub-covered oval platform (dims 36m E-W; 29.5m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.1-0.2m) with bushes. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, although it was probably a rath. Archaeological testing (05E1051) c. 75m to the NW no related material (Timoney 2008). 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 revised upload: 13 February, 2017

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