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Ringfort - rath

Culleenmore, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Culleenmore, County Longford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David 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)

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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

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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