Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Derryshannoge, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derryshannoge
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.63228, -7.92572
- SMR number
- LF022-001----
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 wet, low-lying ground. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A subcircular area (c. 40m NE-SW; c. 36m NW-SE) enclosed by a wide low bank of earth and stone (Wth 7.8m; H 0.3-0.4m) except from ENE-E-SSE. A report in 1977 (SMR file) recorded traces of an external fosse, which are no longer visible. The monument is divided into unequal portions by a WNW-ESE stream, which has been widened and deepened and incorporated into the field-drainage system. Resultant spoil has been deposited within the interior. The original entrance is not recognisable and the monument is densely overgrown with scrub.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Post row - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.