Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinamore, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinamore
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.66630, -7.84575
- SMR number
- LF018-024----
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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
Close to the base of a steep NNW-facing hillside in pasture. Not indicated on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A raised circular area (diam. 43.1m) enclosed by a wide low bank of earth and stone (Wth 6.7m; H 0.3-1.3m) with a wide, largely infilled, external fosse (Wth 5.8m; D 0.2m). From E-SE-S the bank and fosse have been modified and incorporated into a field boundary. From NW-N-E the bank has been levelled but its outline and that of the fosse are still identifiable. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior slopes steeply from SSE to NNW.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.