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Ringfort - rath

Ballintober (Bonny), County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballintober (Bonny), 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
Ballintober (Bonny)
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.61763, -7.70121
SMR number
LF023-061001-

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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

On a low ridge in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A raised subcircular area (c. 54m E-W; c. 42m N-S) enclosed from NE-E-ESE by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 2m; H 0.2-0.6m). From ESE-S-SW the rath has been destroyed due to the construction of an ENE-WSW roadway. From SW-N-NE the bank has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary. There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. Adjoining the outer face of the bank at ENE are the foundations of a possible house site (LF023-061002-).

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 15 June 2012

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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