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
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.65281, -7.82774
- SMR number
- LF018-044----
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 level, low-lying ground. A raised oval area (47.4m NW-SE; 37.9m NE-SW) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.4m; H 0.3-0.8m) with an external fosse (Wth 2.6m; D 0.3m). The bank has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary. From NNE-E-SE its outer face and much of its core have been removed and replaced by a modern drystone wall. The fosse has been infilled from SE-S-W. Elsewhere it has been filled with felled trees and large boulders. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 16 January 2012
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