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Ringfort - rath

Ballycloghan, County Longford, Ireland

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Townland
Ballycloghan
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.64721, -7.70350
SMR number
LF019-102----

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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 E-facing slope in pasture. A slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 34m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.4m; H 0.2m), which has been modified and incorporated into an NE-SW field boundary from WNW-N-NNE. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a shallow fosse at SE, which is no longer identifiable. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior is bisected by a low E-W bank of earth and stone (Wth 1.3m; H 0.3m) with traces of an accompanying fosse.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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

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