Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballymichan, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymichan
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.69088, -7.79456
- SMR number
- LF013-055----
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
In level pasture. A raised oval area (c. 47m NNW-SSE; c. 32m ENE-WSW) enclosed by a wide low bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.3m; H 0.1-0.75m) and an external fosse (Wth 4.8m; D 0.25-0.7m). For much of its circuit the bank has been denuded almost to the ground level of the interior. A break (Wth c. 2.8m) in the bank at NNW with traces of an accompanying causeway probably marks the original entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 23 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 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.