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Ringfort - rath

Barney, County Longford, Ireland

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Townland
Barney
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.65593, -7.65549
SMR number
LF019-088----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 SW-facing slope in pasture. Described in 1976 (SMR file) as a circular area (diam. c. 35m) enclosed by a bank and fosse. While the N half of the monument was incorported into two field boundaries, running along the NW and NE quadrants, some of the bank was evident. The fosse had been deepened as part of a field drain. The S half had been almost completely levelled and no visible surface trace now survives. An enclosure (LF09-088001-) lies immediately to the N of the field boundary along the NW quadrant. It relationship with the rath is unclear; it may be an annexe or later feature.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 10 February 2012

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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