Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Castleforbes Demesne, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castleforbes Demesne
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.77724, -7.84587
- SMR number
- LF008-006----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 47m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 7.5m; H 0.3-1.2m) except at SE where a it is defined by a scarp. An external fosse (Wth 7m; D 0.4-1.4m) is evident from ESE-S-NE. In places modern drystone-walling is visible on the outer face of the bank. A report in 1976 (SMR file) suggested that the original entrance may have been at ESE.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 28 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.