Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cartrons (Longford By.), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cartrons (Longford By.)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.73733, -7.82669
- SMR number
- LF013-010----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Close to the highest point of a prominent ridge. Named 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. and depicted as a circular enclosure on it and the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The monument was levelled in the early 1970s (local information). While not visible at ground level, its outline is clearly evident on aerial photograhps (SMR file).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 February 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.