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
- 53.76721, -7.84332
- SMR number
- LF008-017----
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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. c. 32m) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.4-5.7m; H 0.8-1.45m) except at SSE where it is defined by a low scarp (H 0.5m). A wide, shallow fosse (Wth 4.8-5.6m; D 0.2-0.6m) survives from S–SSW and from N–NE–E. A report in 1976 (SMR file) suggested that a wide break in the bank at S may mark the original entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 28 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Headstoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.