Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derrygowna, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrygowna
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.61347, -7.92412
- SMR number
- LF022-011----
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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 the gentle N-facing slope of a low rise. Depicted as a circular, tree-lined enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a raised circular area (diam. c. 40m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone. There was no trace of a fosse and the original entrance was not recognisable. It is very densely overgrown with vegetation rendering satisfactory inspection impossible.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 10 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.