Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tober, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tober
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.79263, -7.55691
- SMR number
- LF010-012----
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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 rise in pasture. Not indicated on any OS 6-inch map but a kink in a field boundary on the 1914 ed. may mirror the outline of its NNW sector. This rath has been largely levelled. Extant remains comprise a raised subcircular area (34m E-W; 31m N-S) defined from E-S-W by a low scarp (H 0.5-0.7m). Elsewhere the scarp has been substantially modified and incorporated into a field boundary. There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.