Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Barneygole, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barneygole
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.67588, -7.63873
- SMR number
- LF019-055----
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
In level, low-lying pasture. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a raised circular area (diam. c. 31m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone with a shallow external fosse. The original entrance was not recognisable. Not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 Norember 2011
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.