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Ringfort - rath

Mullinroe, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Mullinroe, 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
Mullinroe
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Lissakerry Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Lissakerry Fort
Coordinates
53.81941, -7.51041
SMR number
LF006-067----

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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

On a hillock in pasture. Depicted on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular ringfort with a curving bank-like annexe feature to the NE. This subsequently served as an access way through the fort to the house as is indicated on the OS 25-inch plan (surveyed 1911). An oval-shaped area (c. 35m E-W; c. 31m N-S) is defined by an irregular scarp (H 1-2m), except from NW-N-NE where a portion of it has been quarried away. A report in 1978 (SMR file) noted an outer scarp from ENE-E-SE that is no longer visible. The original entrance is not recognisable. The internal ground level rises from the perimeter towards the centre of the interior.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 21 February 2012

Nearby in the register

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

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