Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowroe, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowroe
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.63585, -7.99490
- SMR number
- LF017-019----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
On a S-facing slope in pasture. A raised oval area (37.5m N-S; 32.6m E-W) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.7m; H 0.2-0.5m). A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded an external fosse, which is no longer identifiable. From NW-N-NNE, at the external base of the bank, there is a modern ENE-WSW field wall and a farm building. The original entrance is not recognisable. Immediately inside a modern entrance at E is a quarry hole.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 28 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 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.