Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyrevagh, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyrevagh
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.58235, -7.92532
- SMR number
- LF022-040----
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 the E-facing slope of a ridge in pasture. A raised oval area (c. 46m ENE-WSW; c. 35m NNW-SSE) enclosed by a wide, low bank of earth and stone (Wth 2m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1m), which has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary. There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. There are remains of a disused silage pit in the interior.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.