Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballymacwilliam, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymacwilliam
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.73019, -7.74466
- SMR number
- LF014-025----
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
On a gentle SE-facing slope in low-lying pasture, c. 55m to the N of an ENE-WSW flowing stream. A raised circular area (diam. 23.7m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.8m; H 0.3-0.9m) an intervening fosse (Wth 3.2m; D 1m) and an outer substantial bank (Wth 4.35m; H 0.8m); its outer face has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 10 February 2012
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.