Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Drumnahara, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumnahara
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.78564, -7.63108
- SMR number
- LF010-024001-
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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 NW–SE ridge in pasture. Depicted as a rectangular enclosure with the designation ‘Fort’ on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. A raised subrectangular area (43m NW–SE; 35m NE–SW), the SW (L 48m) and NW (L 40m) sides of which are defined by a laneway. The NE side comprises a wide, low bank of earth and stone (Wth 5-7m; H 0.7-1.4m). The SE side, which is shorter than the others (L 32m), has been modified and incorporated into the field boundary. A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded a fosse that has since been levelled but its outline (Wth c. 4m) may still be traced on the NE side. The original entrance is not recognisable. A house (LF010-024002-) lies in the SE quadrant of the interior and a series of wide, low cultivation ridges, aligned NE–SW, are evident in the NW quadrant.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 24 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Memorial stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.