Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derrycassan, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrycassan
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.82701, -7.53429
- SMR number
- LF006-071----
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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
On a SSW-facing slope. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Extant remains comprise a slightly raised, roughly circular area (diam. c. 25m) defined by an irregular scarp (H 0.6m) and an infilled external fosse (D 0.35m). It has been largely destroyed due to the construction of a WNW-ESE roadway, which divides it into almost equal portions, and by a NNE-SSW field boundary at the SW sector. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.