Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Gaigue, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gaigue
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.84167, -7.69070
- SMR number
- LF005-009----
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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 N-facing hillside. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A raised oval area (35m E-W; 30m N-S) enclosed by a partially denuded low wall of drystone masonry (Wth 3-3.6m; H 0.1-1m). There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.