Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Crannagh (upperwoods By.), County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Crannagh (upperwoods By.)
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Moat
- Coordinates
- 52.98685, -7.53928
- SMR number
- LA016-014002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a natural hill, NW of the River Nore. A circular area (diam. c. 51m) with an almost flat-topped raised interior, surrounded by a fosse (Wth c. 6.3m) and external bank (Wth c. 8m, int. H c. 1.4m). Possible original entrance with causeway at E.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
- Water mill - horizontal-wheeledunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.