Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure - large enclosure
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
- 53.78220, -7.51556
- SMR number
- LF010-140----
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
Situated in grassland with ringfort (LI010-048----) 375m to NNE, ringfort (LI010-052---) 200m to E, ringfort (LI010-053----) 200m to S, ringfort (LI010-051----) 260m to W. Site located at meeting point of two townland boundaries with Ballynagall and Ballygilchrist.
Outline of large enclosure (approx. int. diam. 90m N-S) defined by a semi-circular shaped ditch visible from S-W-N on Digital Globe aerial photograph. No visible trace of cropmark on E side of enclosure where it is intersected by a modern road running NW-SE which marks the townland boundary with Ballynagall. Post-1700 field fence running NE-SW intersects enclosure at S. Cropmark of monument visible on earlier OSI aerial photographs.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Tom Condit
Date of upload: 4 October 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.