Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Mountjessop, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountjessop
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.68318, -7.79918
- SMR number
- LF018-014----
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
In wet, low-lying pasture adjacent to a stream. Depicted as a large, roughly subtriangular enclosure with the designation ‘Fort’ on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The bank was planted with trees. It comprises an irregularly shaped raised area (c. 95m NNE–SSW; c. 72m WNW–ESE) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.7m; H 0.2-1m), an intervening fosse (Wth 3.4m; D 0.9m) and outer bank (Wth 4.5m; H 0.9m). The original entrance is not recognisable. The internal ground level is uneven. The monument is almost totally levelled and is very densely overgrown with vegetation rendering satisfactory inspection impossible.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 4 February 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.