Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cleenrah, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cleenrah
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.85904, -7.59935
- SMR number
- LF006-003----
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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. A raised circular area (diam c. 32m) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 9-10m; H 1.4-1.7m), with a wide, deep, external fosse (Wth 9.8m; D 0.7-1.7m) from S-W-N. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded that the original entrance was at E.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.