Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Meeltanagh (ardagh By.), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Meeltanagh (ardagh By.)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.65275, -7.65942
- SMR number
- LF019-091----
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
On a S-facing slope in low-lying pasture. A raised circular area (diam. c. 32m) enclosed by a much-denuded, low bank of earth and stone (Wth 2-3m; H 0.2m) with a partially infilled external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.2m). There is no trace of either the bank or fosse at S. From ENE-S-SSW a modern NE-SW field boundary runs immediately outside the monument. A break (Wth 2m) in the bank at ENE may mark the original entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.