Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Larkfield, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Larkfield
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.84008, -7.53515
- SMR number
- LF006-022----
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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 low drumlin rise. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A raised subcircular area (35m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.4-3.8m; H 0.3-0.9m). Drystone masonry has been applied to the outer face of the bank from SSW-N-E. Elsewhere it has been destroyed due to the construction of now-disused farm buildings. There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. Deciduous trees growing on the bank suggest that the rath was modified and reused as a tree-ring.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.