Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballymaurice, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymaurice
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.75893, -7.49274
- SMR number
- LF010-106----
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 the summit of a low hill. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The monument is not visible at ground level but its outline is evident as a cropmark on an aerial photograph (SMR file).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 5 December 2012
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 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.