Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clonwhelan, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonwhelan
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.68064, -7.53878
- SMR number
- LF020-018----
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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. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1976 (SMR file) noted that this raised circular area (diam. c. 32m) was enclosed by a bank of earth and stone and the original entrance was at SE. It is defined by a scarp (H 1-1.2m). At the base of the scarp is a deep waterlogged fosse (Wth 3.6m), which has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary. From W-N-NNE a modern NE-SW roadway cuts through the rath.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 29 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.