Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Doory, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doory
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.59791, -7.74490
- SMR number
- LF023-080001-
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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 W-facing slope in undulating pasture c. 330m W of 'Doory House'. A large tree plantation is depiced at this location on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A raised circular area (45m NW-SE; 36m NE-SW) is defined by a scarp (H 1m) with an intervening fosse (Wth 3.8m; D 0.3m) and traces of a low outer bank (Wth 3.1m; H 0.3-0.6m) from S-N-E and an outer fosse (Wth 1.3m; D 0.3m max.) from NW-NE. The original entrance is not recognisable. Within the interior are the remains of a possible souterrain (LF023-080002-). This monument is almost certainly a rath that was modified and used as a landscape feature.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 10 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.