Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Springtown, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Springtown
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.77513, -7.43087
- SMR number
- LF011-034----
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a rise in poorly drained, rushy pasture with a stream immediately to the S. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1963 (SMR file) indicates that this monument was levelled in the early 1960s. However, the outline of its perimeter may still be traced defining a circular area (diam. c. 44m).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
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- Crannogunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.