Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clonwhelan, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonwhelan
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.68508, -7.54353
- SMR number
- LF020-017----
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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. 50m N-S; c. 48m E-W) enclosed by a substantial, although partially denuded, bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.5-5m; H 0.3-0.4m) with an external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.6-1m), which may have been recut. The bank and fosse have been incorporated into a field boundary from SW-N-ESE. A wide break (Wth 5m) in the bank at ESE may mark the original entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.