Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Whiterock, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Whiterock
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.73047, -7.75677
- SMR number
- LF014-021----
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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, low-lying pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 41.1m) enclosed by a very low bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.2m; H 0.45m max.) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 2.8m; D 0.3m). From NNW-N-E it has been destroyed due to the construction of a modern NW-SE roadway. A narrow break (Wth 1.7m) in the bank at SSW with possible traces of an accompanying causeway may mark the original entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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