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Ringfort - rath

Gallid, County Longford, Ireland

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Townland
Gallid
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.79188, -7.52084
SMR number
LF010-021001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 shelf on an E-facing slope. A raised almost circular area (29m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed from W-NW-N and from SSE-S-SW by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4-6.1m; H 0.45-0.9m) and elsewhere defined by a scarp (H 0.4-1m). At the base of the bank at S there is a shallow fosse (Wth 3.8m; D 0.4m). The original entrance is not recognisable. A possible house site (LF010-021002-) lies within the NE quadrant of the interior.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 11 January 2012

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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