Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Garrycam, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garrycam
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.65552, -7.72605
- SMR number
- LF019-067001-
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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 the E-facing slope of a hill in pasture. Higher up the hill is an area of blanket bog. A report in 1977 (SMR file) recorded a raised circular area (diam. c. 25m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone. There was no trace of a fosse and the original entrance was not recognisable. A possible house site (LF019-067002-) was noted in the NW quadrant of the interior. When revisited in 1998 the rath was densely overgrown with vegetation rendering inspection impossible.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 20 June 2012
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.