Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Inchcleraun, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inchcleraun
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.58012, -8.00885
- SMR number
- LF021-049----
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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 low-lying ground at the S end of Inchcleraun Island. Named ‘Fort’ on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. A roughly wedge-shaped area (L c. 33.5m NW–SE; max. Wth c. 25m NE–SW; min. Wth c. 13m NE–SW) enclosed by a much-denuded drystone wall (Wth c. 0.5–0.7m; H c. 0.1–0.25m) with the outline of a possible external fosse (Wth c. 2.3m) visible on the SE and SW sides. Only fragmentary remains of wall-footings are identifiable on the NW side and at the N end of the NE side. The original entrance is not recognisable. This monument is densely overgrown with scrub rendering inspection difficult.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 28 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.