Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Farmullagh, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farmullagh
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.92040, -7.65898
- SMR number
- LF002-001----
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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
At the WSW end of a prominent drumlin ridge in pasture. Depicted as an irregular enclosure on the 1837 and 1913 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1986 (SMR file) recorded that, although largely levelled, much of the monument was still identifiable. It comprised an almost circular area (c. 25m E-W; c. 24m N-S) enclosed from SSW-N-SE by a very low bank of earth and stone with an external fosse. From SE-S-SSW the bank had been levelled and partially replaced by a modern field boundary. The original entrance was not recognisable. These remains have since been levelled. Regarded locally not as an antiquity but rather as a marshy area, which was enclosed to keep cattle out.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 11 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Crannog1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.