Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Deerpark (shrule By.), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Deerpark (shrule By.)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.61955, -7.67227
- SMR number
- LF023-030----
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 low ridge in pasture. A raised subcircular area (c. 44m N-S; c. 37m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.3-0.4m). A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a wide shallow external fosse, which has since been infilled. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 3 December 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.