Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathbrackan, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathbrackan
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.79572, -7.54247
- SMR number
- LF010-014001-
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
At the base of an ENE-facing slope. This is the N example of two conjoined ringforts. It is separated from the S example (LF010-014002-) by its fosse. It comprises a raised circular area (diam. c. 35m) enclosed from SW-N-E by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.5-4m; H 0.2-0.6m) and elsewhere defined by a scarp (H 1m). The shallow fosse (Wth 5-7m; D 0.2-0.6m) is evident all round. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 17 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.