Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballintober (bonny), County Longford, Ireland
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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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. 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
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.