Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Fihoragh, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fihoragh
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.93177, -7.62515
- SMR number
- LF001-001----
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
On the SE-facing slope of a low drumlin hill. A raised oval area (26m NW-SE; 20m NE-SW) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 5-6m; H 0.4-1m) with a shallow intervening fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.3-0.9m). Due to the construction of modern field boundaries the fosse is not visible from SSE-S-W. A short segment of an outer bank (Wth 5m; H 0.7m) is identifiable at SSE. A break (Wth 3m) in the bank at SE may mark the original entrance. The interior slopes appreciably from WNW-ESE.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 11 January 2012
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.