Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Sonnagh, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sonnagh
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.83071, -7.60045
- SMR number
- LF006-031----
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
National Monument No. 598. On top of a drumlin ridge in upland area overlooking Lough Gowna to the E. A raised circular area (diam. 46m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.8-6m; H 0.5-0.9m) at NE and from SSE-S-WSW, and elsewhere defined by a scarp (1.2-2m) with a wide, deep intervening fosse (Wth 6.7m; D 0.85-1.5m) and a very wide, high outer bank (Wth 8.5m; H 1.9m). The outer face of the latter has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary. A break (Wth 4m) in the inner bank at SSE may mark the original entrance. There is a spring well at E.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.