Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballycloghan, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycloghan
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.65277, -7.70308
- SMR number
- LF019-082----
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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 low-lying pasture. A raised subcircular area (c. 67m NW-SE; c. 56m NE-SW) enclosed from NNW-N-SSE by a very low bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.4m; H 0.15m); elsewhere it has been levelled. There is no trace of a fosse or of the original entrance. Extending in an arc from the inner face of the bank at NE towards the centre of the interior, and then curving off in a NNW direction before coming to an abrupt end, is a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 1.45m; H 0.25m) with fragmentary traces of an accompanying fosse. A report in 1976 (SMR file) noted that the interior was unequally divided by a low bank running from NW-SE and that there was a small subrectangular annexe, enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone, adjoining it at NE. These features are not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.