Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonfiugh, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonfiugh
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.66741, -7.89983
- SMR number
- LF018-018----
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
On a high NNW-SSE ridge in otherwise low-lying pasture. Not indicated on the 1837 or 1883 eds. of the OS 6-inch map but shown on the OS 25-inch plan (surveyed 1911) as a raised area defined by a scarp that curved from NW-SE where it joined the field boundary that defined its S sector. A report in 1976 (SMR file) noted that the monument was largely levelled; apart from the curve in the field boundary at S, faint indications of a bank were evident at N and E. On re-inspection in 1998 only the curving field boundary remained.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 4 December 2011
Nearby in the register
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.