Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bawn (longford By.), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bawn (longford By.)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.79034, -7.77422
- SMR number
- LF009-008----
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
On a low NW-SE rise in pasture. A raised subcircular area (41m N-S; 38m E-W) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 6-9.8m; H 0.75-1.5m) with a waterlogged external fosse (Wth c. 7.2-10m; D 0.4-1.35m), which has been partially infilled in recent years. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/1978).
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.