Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Cormaglava,cornaguillagh, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cormaglava,cornaguillagh
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.59069, -7.90946
- SMR number
- LF022-028002-
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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 D-shaped enclosure/annexe attached to the SE of a rath (LF022-028001-) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A slightly raised D-shaped area (diam. c. 25m) enclosed by a well-preserved, narrow, tree-lined bank (top Wth 2m; base Wth 3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m) which has been reduced to a scarp (H 0.5m) in places. At the base of the scarp at S there is an external fosse (Wth 1.5m; D 0.2-0.4m) which has a sharp V-shaped profile. The well-preserved profile of the bank and the fosse is in stark contrast to the rath and suggests that this enclosure/annexe was constructed at a later date, possibly as a field boundary adjoining the rath. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 24 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.