Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ratharney, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ratharney
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.59494, -7.64746
- SMR number
- LF023-106----
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 low-lying, marshy ground immediately N of the Inny River. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation ‘Fort’ on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1987 (SMR file) noted that this raised circular area (diam. 33m) was defined by a wide low earthen bank, set on a scarp, from N-NE-E. Only the scarp (max. H 0.25m) is visible. At its base is an infilled fosse (Wth 1.6m). A levelled outer bank (Wth 4.8m; H 0.35m) is evident from N–E–SE. The S half of the monument lies under drainage spoil from the adjacent river. The original entrance is not recognisable. Adjoining the rath at W is a smaller enclosure (LF023-106001-) that is possibly an annexe.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 15 February 2012
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.