Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cormaglava,cornaguillagh, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cormaglava,cornaguillagh
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.59097, -7.90981
- SMR number
- LF022-028001-
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 a gentle N-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a roughly circular enclosure designated 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The monument was cut at NW and SE by a public road and a roughly D-shaped enclosure/annexe (LF022-028002-) extended off the SE quadrant. It consists of a slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 45m NE-SW) defined by a low bank (top Wth 2m; base Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.65m) which has been mainly reduced to a scarp (H 0.4m) with slight traces of a possible infilled external fosse. A depression (Wth 2m) in the scarp at SW may mark the original entrance. Traces of the NE quadrant (12m NE-SW), which is overgrown with trees rendering inspection difficult, survive in the field on the opposite side of the roadway. There is a tradition of a possible souterrain (LF022-028003-) at the intersection between the rath and the enclosure/annexe.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 30 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.