Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Aghadegnan, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghadegnan
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.74175, -7.80589
- SMR number
- LF013-012----
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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 gentle NNW-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 35.8m) enclosed by a wide, low bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.2m; H 1.1m) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 4.3m; D 0.2m). From NNW-N-NE the outer face of the bank has been removed and the fosse has been incorporated into a modern WNW-ESE field drain. From NE-E-SSE the bank and fosse have been levelled but their outlines are still identifiable. The original entrance is not recognisable. Close to the centre of the interior are the remains of a possible house site (LF013-012002-).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.