Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Oldtown, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldtown
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.69563, -7.70602
- SMR number
- LF014-104----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture close to the base of a gentle NNW-facing slope immediately above a stream. A raised oval area (71.8m NNW-SSE; 65.8m ENE-WSW) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.5m; H 0.45m max.), a wide, deep, intervening fosse (Wth 6.1m; D 1.4m) and the remains of an outer bank (Wth 4.4m; H 0.4m). The outer bank has been levelled from NE-S-WSW but its outline is still identifiable. A break (Wth 3.2m) in the bank at SE with traces of an accompanying causeway may mark the original entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 17 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.