Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Farnagh, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farnagh
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.71589, -7.78461
- SMR number
- LF013-038----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A short distance to the NW of the highest point of a prominent hill, affording panoramic views over the surrounding countryside. A raised oval area (64.7m NW-SE; 44.1m NE-SW) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 8.2m; H 0.7-1.4m) with a deep external fosse (Wth 3.1m; D 1.5m). The outer face of the bank has been steepened and faced with drystone masonry in relatively modern times. From NW-N-ENE there is a garden at the external base of the bank and the fosse has been infilled. A report in 1975 (SMR file) suggested that the original entrance may have been at NW but this is no longer identifiable. Cultivation ridges are evident in the interior.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 11 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.