Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathbrackan, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathbrackan
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.79529, -7.54229
- SMR number
- LF010-014002-
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
This is the S example of two conjoined ringforts and it is separated from the N one (LF010-014001-) by its fosse. It comprises a raised circular area (diam. c. 40m) enclosed from WSW-W-N by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4m; H 0.2-0.7m). Elsewhere the defining element is a low scarp (H 0.3-0.8m). The intervening shallow fosse (Wth c. 5m; D 0.2-0.4m) is visible from SW-W-N and from NE-E-SE. At E an outer bank (Wth 4m; H 0.2-0.4m) and an outer fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.15-0.2m) are evident. 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.