Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Whiterock, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Whiterock
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.72976, -7.75721
- SMR number
- LF014-022----
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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. 19.2m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.7m; H 0.5m max.), an intervening fosse (Wth 4.1m; D 1.1m) and a wide low outer bank (Wth 7.2m; H 0.5m). The rath is divided into unequal portions by a ENE–WSW field bank and drain. The smaller portion, to the SSE, has been levelled and only its outline is identifiable. A break (Wth 3.25m) in the banks at ENE with an accompanying causeway may mark the original entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 18 January 2012
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.