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Ringfort - rath

Killeen (granard By.), County Longford, Ireland

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Townland
Killeen (granard By.)
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.76965, -7.56640
SMR number
LF010-064----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

In level pasture. A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded a raised circular area (diam. 38m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone. There was no trace of a fosse and the original entrance was not recognisable. The rath was levelled in 1988 (local information) and only the outline of its perimeter, marked by a low scarp (H 0.2-0.8m), is identifiable. From SSW-W-WNW it is skirted by a roadway.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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