Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ards, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ards
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.64343, -7.84034
- SMR number
- LF018-057----
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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 an ENE-facing hillside in pasture. A raised oval area (37.2m WNW–ESE; 31.4m NNE–SSW) enclosed by a low narrow bank of earth and stone (Wth 2m; H 1m) with a shallow internal fosse (Wth 2.9-3.8m; D 0.3m). A narrow shallow external fosse is probably a modern drainage feature. From WNW–N–E the bank has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary and there is no visible trace of the outer fosse. The original entrance is not recognisable. The monument is densely overgrown with vegetation.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 23 Novmeber 2011
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.