Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilsallagh, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilsallagh
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.67973, -7.56907
- SMR number
- LF020-014----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a low rise in pasture. Depicted as a subcircular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. On the 1914 ed. a laneway to its NE had been extended to the SW and would have cut through its SE quadrant. Traces survive to the NW of the laneway and as a slightly raised area (Murphy 1998, 5).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 16 February 2012
References
Murphy, D. 1998 Report on an archaeological assessment of a proposed residential development at Kilsallagh, Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford. ADS Ltd. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Licence no. 98E0449.
Nearby in the register
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