Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Inchenagh, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inchenagh
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.62320, -8.03008
- SMR number
- LF021-002----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 gentle E-facing slope in pastureland, close to the centre of Inchenagh Island in Lough Ree, with good views all round. Depicted as the E half of an enclosure, curving from NNW-N-S, with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The monument was levelled in the 19th century and is not remembered locally. Not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 12 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.