Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Legan, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Legan
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.61808, -7.64732
- SMR number
- LF023-072----
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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 gentle S-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. c. 47m) defined by a scarp (H 0.1-0.8m). A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a shallow external fosse, which has since been infilled. A NW-SE field boundary skirts the rath from SW-W-WNW. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.