Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lackan, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lackan
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.70102, -7.64884
- SMR number
- LF014-107----
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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 low-lying pasture. A report in 1975 (SMR file) indicates that this raised circular area (diam. 28.4m) was enclosed by a wide, low bank of earth and stone, an external fosse and an outer bank. The original entrance may have been at E. It has since been levelled. However, the inner bank (Wth c. 9m; H 0.9m) and the outline of the fosse (Wth c. 5.5m) are still identifiable. There are no visible traces of the outer bank.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.