Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballymaurice, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymaurice
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.76378, -7.48318
- SMR number
- LF011-029----
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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 S-facing slope. A raised oval area (c. 44m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW) enclosed from WSW-N-ESE by a wide low bank of earth and stone (Wth 5-7m; H 0.3-0.95m) with a partially infilled external fosse (Wth c. 6-7m; D 0.3-0.8m). From ESE-S-WSW the enclosing elements and most of the interior have been quarried away. A modern E-W field boundary crosses this part of the rath. A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded that the original entrance was at NNE.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.