Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonagh (Granard By.), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonagh (Granard By.)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.83133, -7.51898
- SMR number
- LF006-043----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
On a gentle E-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Described in 1975 (SMR file) as a subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 25m), the N half of which was defined by a low bank of earth and stone and the S half by an embankment; the external face of both was faced with stone. A shallow external fosse was also evident. Farm buildings encroached on the monument at W and it was used as a paddock. The enclosing element is incorporated in field boundaries. No visible surface trace survives at W. A coniferous tree plantation lies immediately to its SSE and S.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 14 February 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.