Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Aghagreagh, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghagreagh
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.78279, -7.61396
- SMR number
- LF010-027----
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
On a knoll in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth c. 4m; H 0.3-0.75m) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.1-0.3m), which is identifiable only from NE-E-S. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Memorial stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.