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Woodford Demesne

Leitrim, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1071

Location

Atlas number
IR1071 (1071)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Leitrim
Historic county
Leitrim
Parish, community, or townland
Woodford Demesne
Latitude
54.06051
Longitude
-7.68600
Altitude
58 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 1, SW 1, NW 0
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.9 ha
Footprint
0.19 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South west)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1842); Earthwork Survey (1906); Other (2003)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database LE026-001001
National record
record LE 026
Wikidata
Q31053336

Sources

References

  1. Moore, M. 2003. Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim. The Stationary Office, Dublin.