Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Platform
Commons South, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Commons South
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.61894, -7.97947
- SMR number
- LF021-067----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 flood-land area of small lake located immediately to E as depicted on historic OSi maps. Outline of roughly circular-shaped earthwork (diam. c. 18m) surrounded by water is visible on Google Earth orthoimages and on Lidar imagery. Possible wetland habitation platform with oval-shaped earthwork (LF021-068----) immediately to W.
See attached Google Earth orthophotos
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère
Date of upload: 12 July 2022
Nearby in the register
- Pitunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.