Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Aghnashingan, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghnashingan
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.64163, -7.81978
- SMR number
- LF018-058001-
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 gentle NNE-facing slope in pasture. Not indicated on the 1837 or 1883 editions of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1976 (SMR file) noted that this raised circular area (diam. 24.9m) was enclosed by a bank of earth and stone. It is defined by a scarp (H 0.2-1.1m). A modern NE–SW field boundary skirts the embankment from W–WNW–NW. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior rises from the perimeter towards the centre. According to local information, the monument was used as a graveyard (LF018-058002-).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 7 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 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.