Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Formoyle (newcomen), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Formoyle (newcomen)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.62250, -8.00008
- SMR number
- LF021-011----
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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 SSE-facing slope in rough pasture. Depicted as a roughly circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A raised subcircular area (21.3m E-W; 17.3m N-S) enclosed by the grassed-over remains of a low, narrow, drystone wall (Wth 2.1m; H 0.5m). 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - formal gardenunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.