Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Sleehaun, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sleehaun
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.64067, -7.63381
- SMR number
- LF020-030----
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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
On a SE-facing slope in 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) indicates that this rath was enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone and an external fosse. It is largely levelled. Extant remains comprise a raised oval area (c. 37m NW-SE; c. 32m NE-SW) defined by a low scarp (H 0.1-0.2m). From SW-W-WNW it is truncated by a NW-SE field boundary. The original entrance is not recognisable.
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.