Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Granardkill, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Granardkill
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.77775, -7.51357
- SMR number
- LF010-054001-
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 low rise in pasture. A raised subcircular area (42.5m E-W; 40m N-S) defined from ESE-S-W by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.6-5.3m; H 0.55m) and by a scarp (H 1.1m) from WNW-N-NE. A fosse (Wth 5.2m; D 0.2-0.4m) and an outer bank (Wth 2.9-3m; H 0.7m) survive from WSW-W. The enclosing element and a portion of the interior have been levelled from NE-E-ESE and there is a quarry hole in the scarp at WNW. The original entrance is not recognisable. There is a possible house site (LF010-054002-) within in the interior at NE.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 20 June 2012
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.