Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Higginstown, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Higginstown
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.76855, -7.47648
- SMR number
- LF011-026002-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Adjacent to the SE quadrant of a rath (LF011-026001-) is a rectangular enclosure/annexe (24m NE–SW; 18.5m NW–SE) defined on its NE side by a scarp (H 0.7m) and on its SE and SW sides by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 3-4.3m; H 0.5-0.55m) with an external fosse (Wth 3.8-4.4m; D 0.5m). A depression in the N end of the scarp may mark the original entrance (Wth. 1.4m). The relationship between the rath and the enclosure is unclear; the latter may be an annexe or later feature.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 15 February 2012
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.