Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Faghey, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Faghey
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.75875, -7.81925
- SMR number
- LF008-026----
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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. Named 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a raised subcircular area (c. 32m E-W; c. 30m N-S) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone with a wide, shallow, partly waterlogged external fosse. The original entrance was not recognisable. The monument has since been levelled and only its outline, marked by a low, irregular scarp (H 0.3m), is identifiable.
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.