Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Dovecote
Portanure, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Portanure
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55716, -7.93589
- SMR number
- LF025-007----
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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
Possibly associated with a late 16th/early 17th century bawn (LF025-006----) that lies c. 60m to the NNW. This circular tower (int. diam. 3.23m; wall T 0.75m; ext. H 3m) is built of uncoursed limestone rubble and it survives to string-course level. It is accessed through a flat-headed rebuilt doorway (Wth 1.25m) at NW, which faces towards the bawn wall. Internally six rows of rectangular nesting boxes (H 0.22; Wth 0.22; D 0.44m) are visible.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 18 February 2013
Nearby in the register
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.