Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Currycreaghan,loughan, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Currycreaghan,loughan
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.62198, -7.76593
- SMR number
- LF023-005----
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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 S-facing slope in pasture. A slightly raised subcircular area (c. 59m NW-SE; c. 55m NE-SW) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.5-3.5m; H 0.3-0.5m). Drystone masonry, of relatively modern date, is visible on the outer face of the bank at N. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded an external fosse and fragmentary traces of an outer bank, both of which have since been levelled. It also noted that the original entrance was at SE. Outcropping rock is evident within the interior.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 3 December 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.