Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Aghakine, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghakine
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.83974, -7.58467
- SMR number
- LF006-019----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 the SSW-facing slope of a hillock. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. On inspection in 1976 (SMR file) no visible surface trace survived.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 14 November 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 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.