Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mornin, County Longford, Ireland
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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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
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
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.