Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kiltycon, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kiltycon
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.89628, -7.67301
- SMR number
- LF002-003----
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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 a WNW-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a large, roughly heart-shaped enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This raised roughly oval area (c. 58m N-S; c. 42m E-W) is defined from E-S-WSW by field boundaries, which almost certainly incorporate the circuit of a bank with an external fosse. Elsewhere its outline is indicated by levelled field boundaries. The original entrance is not recognisable. A report in 1990 (SMR file) noted a stony spread in the interior at W. This feature is no longer visible.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Burial ground1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.