Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrowroe, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowroe
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.63884, -7.98876
- SMR number
- LF017-020----
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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 an ENE-facing slope in pasture. A pear-shaped area (36.2m NW-SE; 30.5m NE-SW) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.2m; H 0.1-1.2m), which barely rises above the interior for most of its circuit. There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. A portion of the SE quadrant has been destroyed due to the construction of a modern NE-SW roadway. The internal ground level falls appreciably from WSW to ESE.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.