Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tully (shrule By.), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tully (shrule By.)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.62279, -7.65814
- SMR number
- LF023-036----
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
At the S end of a N-S drumlin ridge in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 32m) defined by a scarp (H 0.25-0.9m). A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a shallow external fosse; it has since been infilled. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 18 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.