Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Culleenmore, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Culleenmore
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.82919, -7.49644
- SMR number
- LF006-046----
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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
In level, poorly drained, rush-grown pasture, in the NE corner of a rectangular field at the junction of several modern field fences. Oval area (26m NW–SE; c. 18m NE–SW) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 1m; ext. H c. 2m at S) adapted to serve as a field boundary from NW–SE. Outside the bank from SE–W there is a field drain (Wth 1.7m; ext. D 0.6–0.7m) which respects the curve of the rath. It is possible that this utilises an existing fosse but no trace of the latter is evident elsewhere around the circuit. The bank at E is noticeably more substantial (Wth 3.5–4m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.4m) because soil scarped from the area immediately to the E of the rath was heaped on top during land reclamation in recent years. Field-clearance debris appears also to have been added to the bank at N. The interior is level. The bank is almost entirely engulfed in brambles and ringed by hawthorn bushes.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 9 January 2013
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.