Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cartronamarkey, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cartronamarkey
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.80070, -7.57398
- SMR number
- LF010-005----
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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)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On top of a drumlin in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. c. 22m) enclosed from NW-N-NNE by a wide, low bank of earth and stone (Wth 6m; H 0.2-0.5m). From NE-ENE-E and from SW-W-WNW the defining element is a scarp (H 0.5-0.85m). The monument is divided into unequal portions by a modern, NE-SW field boundary. The much-smaller portion, to the SE, is occupied by modern, although now-disused, farm buildings and a farmyard. There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. The rath was partially levelled in the 1940s (local information).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 28 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.