Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Balnagall, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balnagall
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.78552, -7.51191
- SMR number
- LF010-048----
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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 steep N-facing slope in pasture. A raised subcircular area (36m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.4-1.1m) with a partially infilled external fosse (Wth c. 6m; D 0.6m). A report in 1975 (SMR file) suggested that the original entrance may have been either at NW or NE.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 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.