Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrickadorrish, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickadorrish
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.83154, -7.61512
- SMR number
- LF006-028----
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 a slight rise in gently undulating hilly pasture land. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Described in 1976 (SMR file) as small subcircular enclosure defined by a substantial earthen bank with an external fosse. A number of gaps were visible in the bank but a causewayed one at NW appeared to mark the original entrance. Vague traces of cultivation ridges were evident within the interior. The monument was levelled in 1990 and is not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 14 November 2012
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.