Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Clonwhelan, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonwhelan
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.67777, -7.53210
- SMR number
- LF020-021----
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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 wet, low-lying pasture. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded that this ring-barrow was defined by two low banks of earth and stone with an intervening fosse. It comprises a raised, roughly circular area (diam. at base 15.5m) defined by a low scarp (H 0.4m), which is enclosed by a shallow fosse (Wth 2.5-3m; D 0.2m). No trace of the outer bank is visible at ground level and the original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 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.