Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Feraghfad, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Feraghfad
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.70913, -7.76325
- SMR number
- LF014-065----
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 pasture. Not marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded a raised subrectangular area (c. 42m NW-SE; c. 25m NE-SW) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone with a shallow external fosse. The original entrance was not recognisable. The monument is not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 4/1985).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.