Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Granardkill, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Granardkill
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.77985, -7.51445
- SMR number
- LF010-053----
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 gentle SW-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a fort on a map of Grandardkill surveyed in 1792 (NLI, MS 21 F. 40 (26)). The monument has been levelled and is not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 6 December 2012
References
NLI, MS 21 - National Library of Ireland, Maps of the lands in the baronies of Ardagh, Granard, Longford, Moydow, Co. Longford. 1755 to early 19th century. Brownrigg, J., Longfield, J. and others. MS 21.F.40 (16-29). Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.