Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Aghaboy (granard By.), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghaboy (granard By.)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.74627, -7.55735
- SMR number
- LF015-012----
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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 low but prominent rise in otherwise low-lying pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation ‘Fort’ on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded a raised circular area (diam. c. 28m) defined by a scarp with an external fosse and a low outer bank. The original entrance was not recognisable. The rath is not visible at ground level. A plantation of coniferous trees is established here.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 22 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.