Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bawn (Longford By.), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bawn (Longford By.)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.79321, -7.77958
- SMR number
- LF009-002002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
On a low rise on a hilltop affording extensive views in all directions. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A 'Castle' (see LF009-002001-) is depicted within the enclosed area. Both were described in 1966 as 'recently levelled' (SMR file). However, the outline of the enclosure, marked by a poorly defined scarp (max. H 1m) and defining a circular area (diam. 44m), is still identifiable albeit with difficulty. The rath may have been reused as the bawn of the castle.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.