What is recorded here

Half-hidden beneath grass and a creeping hedge, the Tomrud ringfort holds a circular chamber twenty-four metres wide on the Glencar valley floor. Its earthen bank has thinned to a low scarp in places, yet it still draws a clear line between the inside world and the open field. People may have lived there, feared there, or simply passed it without knowing what they walked beside.

Situated in a low-lying position on the floor of Glencar valley with the summits of drumlins c. 300m to the W and c. 250m to the NE. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 24.5m NE-SW; 24.1m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.3m) at W which is reduced to a scarp (H 1m) elsewhere. There is a hedge on the perimeter but there is no visible fosse and the original entrance is not identified. A field bank overlies the perimeter at W and there are old quarries outside the monument to the N and E. 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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