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Ringfort - rath

Aghadowry, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Aghadowry, County Longford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Aghadowry
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.83120, -7.66420
SMR number
LF005-013----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a SE-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1976 (SMR file) described the monument as a raised subcircular area (c. 53m NNE-SSW; c. 47m ENE-WSW) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone with a wide deep external fosse and a possible original entrance at SE. It has since been almost completely destroyed by quarrying. All that survives is a very small portion of the interior (max. dim. 3m) which is enclosed by a wide low bank of earth and stone (Wth c. 4.5-6m; H 0.1-0.6m) from NE-S-W. Because the bank is heavily overgrown with scrub it is unclear whether the original feature has been augmented by upcast from the quarry. A low, poorly defined rise marks the circuit of the remainder of the perimeter. The fosse is not visible at ground level and the present entrance is at SE.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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