Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Abbeyderg, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbeyderg
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.62975, -7.77910
- SMR number
- LF023-001----
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 SW-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A raised subrectangular area (c. 40m ENE-WSW; c. 35m NNW-SSE) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.5m; H 0.3m) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 0.3-0.5m). The bank and fosse have been modified and incorporated into a field boundary from SSW-W-NW. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded that the original entrance may have been at SE.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.