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Ringfort - rath

Mornin, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Mornin, 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
Mornin
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.61938, -7.72877
SMR number
LF023-011001-

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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 report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a raised oval area (c. 47m NW-SE; c. 43m NE-SW) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone with a shallow external fosse. There was a possible house site (LF023-01102-) within the S half of the interior. A portion of the rath at E had been destroyed due to quarrying. The rest of it has since been levelled and only its outline, marked by a poorly defined, low scarp (H 0.2m), is identifiable. The original entrance is not recognisable and the house site is no longer visible at ground level.
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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