Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Glannagh, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glannagh
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.73212, -7.66709
- SMR number
- LF014-114----
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 NE-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a D-shaped enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A raised circular area (diam. 32.2m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.7m; H 0.8m max.) with a deep intervening fosse (Wth 3m; D 1.1m) and a low outer bank (Wth 4.6m; H 0.2m). It is divided into roughly equal portions by a modern NW-SE field boundary. The portion to the SW of this boundary has been levelled and only its outline is identifiable. The original entrance is not recognisable. The extant portion of the rath is occupied by deciduous and coniferous trees and scrub.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.