Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Edenmore, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Edenmore
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.85493, -7.67282
- SMR number
- LF005-005----
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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 an E-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A raised subcircular area (24.5m E-W; 23m N-S) enclosed from NE-S-NNW by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.5-6.5m; H 0.55-0.95m) and elsewhere defined by a scarp (H 1.7m). At the base of the bank and scarp from NNW-N-SE is a fosse (Wth 4.2-5.5m; D 0.25-0.5m). A break (Wth 4m) in the bank at ENE probably marks the original entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 11 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Road - class 3 togher1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.