Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bawn (moydow By.),cordivin, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bawn (moydow By.),cordivin
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.67890, -7.77897
- SMR number
- LF019-002----
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 N-facing slope in low-lying pasture. A report in 1975 (SMR file) noted that this raised circular area (diam. c. 23m) was enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone and an external fosse. Due to land-reclamation works, the bank has been levelled and the defining element is a scarp (H 1.2m) that has been modified from NE-E-SE where it is incorporated into the townland boundary. The fosse has been recut. The monument has been quarried away from ESE-S-SW. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.