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
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.61188, -7.66521
- SMR number
- LF023-070----
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 rise on an E-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1887 revised ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1987 (SMR file) recorded a largely levelled, slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 35m) defined by an apparently natural scarp with a wide, shallow, external fosse. The original entrance was not recognisable. At the centre of the interior was an area of outcropping rock. Further levelling has since occurred and only the outline of the rath, marked by a low scarp (max. H 0.2m) from S-W-NNE, is identifiable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 5 December 2011
Nearby in the register
- Deer parkunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.