What is recorded here
You can still see the shallow ditch and low bank marking the fort, but the entrance has vanished under grass and time. The fort sits on a sloping drumlin in County Leitrim, close enough to another rath for the two places to have shared firelight, noise or argument. Whatever door it once had has been erased, leaving a round room with no address and no owner.
Situated on the S-facing slope of a drumlin. This is an overgrown oval area (dims c. 24m N-S; c. 16m E-W) that slopes down to the S. It is defined by an earthen bank (at S: Wth of base 8.6m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.6m) and an external fosse (at S: Wth of top 6.5m; Wth of base 2.4m; D 0.2m). The original entrance is not identified, and the rath is surrounded by a field bank SE-W. Rath (LE032-03----) is c. 40m to the SE, on the other side of a N-S road.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of amended upload: 5 December 2019
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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