Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Moyne, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moyne
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.91298, -7.62536
- SMR number
- LF003-001001-
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
At the highest point of a prominent drumlin in reclaimed pasture. A raised subcircular area (49.1 NW-SE; 42.4m NE-SW) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.2m; H 0.2-1.3m) with a partially rock-cut, waterlogged external fosse (Wth 3.2m; D 0.6m). The outer face of the bank has been steepened and the fosse has been narrowed and deepened. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded fragmentary traces of an outer bank, which are no longer identifiable. A laneway from WNW-N-E may overlie it. A break (Wth 2.9m) in the bank at E with an accompanying causeway may mark the original entrance. Another report in 1963 (SMR file) recorded 'faint suggestions of house foundations' (LF003-001002-).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 17 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.