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
- 53.85239, -7.65814
- SMR number
- LF005-006----
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
On the NE slope of Edenmore Hill. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Extant remains comprise a poorly defined low scarp (H 0.2m at S; 1.5m at N) delimiting a circular area (diam. c. 55m).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 11 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Road - unclassified togher1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.