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Ringfort - rath

Finns, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Finns, 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
Finns
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.60575, -7.73003
SMR number
LF023-120----

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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 a gentle W-facing slope in low-lying pasture. Indicated on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure with an L-shaped building, of which there are no upstanding remains, adjacent at NNE. A raised subrectangular area (38.5m E-W; 28.2m N-S) enclosed on the N, E and S sides by a wide low bank of earth and stone (Wth c. 3m; max. H 0.2m), which barely rises above the interior for most of its circuit, and by a scarp (H 0.65-0.8m) on the W side. A narrow, shallow, largely infilled, external fosse (Wth 2m; max D 0.2m) is evident and is widest and deepest (Wth 2.2-2.8m; D 0.2-0.4m) on the W side. A break in the bank (Wth 1.9m) at the E end of the S side may mark the original entrance.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 11 January 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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