Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrigeen (moydow By., Moydow Ed), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrigeen (moydow By., Moydow Ed)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.67163, -7.84564
- SMR number
- LF018-020----
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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
In level, low-lying pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 33.7m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.5m; H 0.1-0.4m). There is no trace of a fosse. From WNW-N-NE the bank has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary. The original entrance is not recognisable. It is densely overgrown with vegetation.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.