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Ringfort - rath

Ledwithstown, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ledwithstown, County Longford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ledwithstown
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.58989, -7.84523
SMR number
LF022-043----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In low-lying pasture. A raised circular area (diam. c. 50m) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.5m; H 0.45m). A report in 1995 (SMR file) recorded an external fosse (Wth 4.2m; D 0.4m). From SE-S-NE both the bank and fosse have been incorporated into a field boundary. From NE-E-SE the fosse is not visible. The original entrance is not recognisable. The rath is densely overgrown with mature deciduous trees and scrub.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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