What is recorded here
Indicated is a grass-covered earthen ringfort on a ridge in County Leitrim, its shallow ditch and low bank still marking a circular space thirty-five metres wide. The entrance has vanished beneath rush and soil, denying the platform the one feature that would reveal how people entered or left. It remains a quiet, borderless chamber on the hill, large enough for memory but resistant to explanation.
Located on top of a NE-SW ridge. This is a grass and rush-covered but raised subcircular earthen platform (diam. c. 35m) defined by an overgrown scarp (H c. 1m) and outer fosse (at E: Wth 2.3m; D 0.35m). The original entrance is not identified.
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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- What survives
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