Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynascraw, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynascraw
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.75840, -7.60457
- SMR number
- LF010-091----
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 rise in undulating pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1968 (SMR file) indicates that this rath was largely levelled due to land reclamation. Extant remains comprise a circular area (diam. 30.5m) defined by a barely perceptible scarp (H 0.3-0.8m) with very faint traces of an external fosse (Wth 3-4m; D 0.2-0.4m), which are identifiable only from S-W-NE. 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.