Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilmahon, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmahon
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.82372, -7.71455
- SMR number
- LF005-011----
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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 NW-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This rath has been largely levelled. Extant remains comprise a raised circular area (diam. 42.5m) defined by a scarp (H 0.7-1.7m). A very wide, shallow fosse (Wth 8m; D 0.2-0.4m) is evident from SW-WSW. The original entrance is not recognisable. Known locally as the 'Foxes' Den'.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tomb1 mi
- Cairn - unclassified1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.