Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Castleforbes Demesne, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castleforbes Demesne
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.77113, -7.84148
- SMR number
- LF008-013----
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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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In level pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 33.5m) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.8-7.5m; H 1-1.5m) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 6.1-6.5m; D 0.15-0.9m). Drystone-walling on the outer face of the bank from W-WNW-NNW is modern. The fosse has been infilled from SW-W-NNW. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a low outer bank from S-SW-W; it is no longer identifiable. A break (Wth 2.3m) in the bank at E marks the original entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.