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Ringfort - rath

Ratharney, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ratharney, County Longford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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