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Ringfort - rath

Keelogenasause, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Keelogenasause, County Longford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Keelogenasause
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.70871, -7.61624
SMR number
LF015-050----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

On a gentle SE-facing slope in low-lying pasture. During Edward Bruce's campaign of 1315-16, Felim King of Connaught rested in the dwelling-place of his uncle who was an O'Farrell of Annaly. Orpen (1968, vol. 4, 170) identifies this O'Farrell residence as being located in the townland of Keelognasause. Its possible that this rath is that residence. It consists of a raised circular area (diam. 24.9m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.4m; H 1.2m max.) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 3.2m; D 0.7m), which has been largely infilled from WSW-W-NNW. A report in 1977 (SMR file) noted that the inner face of the bank may have been faced with drystone masonry at E and that the original entrance may have been at SE. These features are no longer identifiable.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 12 January 2012

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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