Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tromra, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tromra
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.79502, -7.50397
- SMR number
- LF010-022----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In wet, low-lying pasture. A raised subcircular area (36.5m N–S; 35m E–W) enclosed at NE by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 5m; H 0.5m) and elsewhere defined by a scarp (H 1.15-1.3m), an intervening shallow fosse (Wth 4.5-5.5m; D 0.5m) and an outer bank (Wth 4-4.2m; H 0.1-0.7m) from NE–E–SSE. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 18 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.