Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Aghaward, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghaward
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.79233, -7.64498
- SMR number
- LF009-006----
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
National Monument No. 530. On a S-facing slope. A short distance to the W is a small stream. A raised circular area (diam. 30m) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.6-8.5m; H 0.6-1.7m) with a wide, deep, partly waterlogged, external fosse (Wth 4.5-7.5m; D 0.2-1.9m). The fosse has been infilled from SSE-S-SW and from WSW-NW-N. The original entrance is not recognisable. (Wilson 1899, 67-8)
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Wilson, J.M. 1899 Miscellanea - Earthwork fort or rath in County Longford. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 29, 67-8.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.