Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Aghalust, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghalust
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.68014, -7.76961
- SMR number
- LF019-004----
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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
In level, low-lying pasture. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a raised circular area (diam. c. 21m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone with a shallow external fosse. The original entrance was not recognisable. A short distance to the E of the centre of the interior was a wide, shallow depression of unknown significance. On re-inspection in 1998 the rath was not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 23 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
- Causewayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.