Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mornin, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mornin
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.61744, -7.74577
- SMR number
- LF023-047----
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 NW-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 27.4m) enclosed by a much-denuded, low bank of earth interspersed with large boulders (Wth 4.2m; H 0.35m max.). There is no trace of a fosse. Field-clearance debris has been deposited against the outer face of the bank, on top of it and within the interior. A poorly defined break (Wth 2.9m) at E may mark the original entrance. The interior is divided into unequal portions by a NW-SE field boundary.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.