Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Monascallaghan, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monascallaghan
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.65021, -7.79899
- SMR number
- LF018-052----
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 NE-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 35.9m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4m; H 0.3-0.9m). Drystone masonry is visible on both faces of the bank. Faint traces of an external fosse (Wth 3.2m; D 0.1m) are evident from E-S-SW. The original entrance is not recognisable. At SSW a NW-SE roadway borders the monument.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 17 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.