Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockatarry (poynton), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockatarry (poynton)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.65073, -7.83511
- SMR number
- LF018-042----
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 WSW-facing slope in low-lying pasture. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a raised oval area (c. 40m NNE-SSW; c. 30m WNW-ESE) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone with an external fosse. The original entrance was not recognisable. The rath, which was divided into unequal portions by a modern ENE-WSW field boundary, has since been levelled and its location is marked by a low, poorly defined rise.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 16 January 2012
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.