Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathsallagh, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathsallagh
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.60415, -7.64374
- SMR number
- LF023-104----
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 ridge in pasture. Depicted as a large circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A raised circular area (diam. c. 57m) enclosed by a low scarp (H 0.3m), which has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary from SSW-W-WNW. The original entrance is not recognisable. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded an external fosse, which has since been infilled.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.