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Ringfort - rath

Cornadowagh, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Cornadowagh, County Longford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Cornadowagh
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
New Row Fort
Latest-edition OS map
New Row Fort
Coordinates
53.59129, -7.93951
SMR number
LF021-044001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a gentle NNE-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a large circular enclosure on the 1837 OS 6-inch map and named 'New Row Fort'. An irregularly shaped raised area (58.7m NW-SE; 50.1m NE-SW) is enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone, which has been extensively modified and incorporated into a field boundary from NE-E-S. There is no trace of a fosse. The present entrance at WNW does not appear to be original. The interior is divided into unequal portions by the remains of a WNW-ESE drystone wall. The outline of a relatively modern, small, rectangular house is visible within the smaller portion to the SSW of the wall. Also within this portion is a large pond. Within the larger NNE portion are a series of field-clearance cairns. A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded a circular house site (LF021-044002-) in this area but it was not identified.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 3 December 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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