Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Stonepark (ardagh By.), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Stonepark (ardagh By.)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.70357, -7.81472
- SMR number
- LF013-051----
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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 in pasture. Depicted as a D-shaped enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded a raised circular area (diam. 45.5m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone with fragmentary traces of an external fosse. The rath, which is divided into unequal portions by a NW-SE field boundary, has since been levelled. However, the outline of the larger portion, to the SW of the boundary, may still be traced. The NE portion is not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 18 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.