Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Smear, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Smear
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.86993, -7.61729
- SMR number
- LF003-010----
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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 steep NE-facing slope in pasture. Not indicated on the 1837 or 1887 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Remains comprise a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.7m; H 0.8m) with a wide, deep, flat-bottomed, external fosse (Wth 3.2m; D 1.1m) extending in an arc from N-E-SE. The fosse has been partially recut and incorporated into the field-drainage system. The rest of the monument has been levelled. The interior is occupied by a dwelling-house and garden. A NW-SE field boundary and a NE-SW laneway run through it.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 18 January 2012
Nearby in the register
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- Enclosureunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.