Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Aghakine, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghakine
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.84088, -7.59268
- SMR number
- LF006-018----
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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 SE-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 40m) enclosed from ESE–S–NW by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4-6.2m; H 0.4-0.8m) and elsewhere defined by a scarp (H 1.5m) and an intervening fosse (Wth 5.5-6m; D 1.25-1.3m). An outer bank (Wth 4-6.2m; H 1.6-1.7m) is evident except from ESE–SE–SSE where a scarp (H 1.5m) forms the enclosing element. From NNE–E-ESE, where the rath is bordered by a modern roadway, the external face of the outer bank has been removed. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 22 November 2011
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.