Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gorteenclareen, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gorteenclareen
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.56177, -7.82258
- SMR number
- LF026-010----
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
In level, well-drained pasture. Not marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This rath (diam. c. 40-45m) was described in 1976 (SMR file) as being almost completely levelled. Apart from a segment of a very slight bank and a shallow external fosse at SW, where a field boundary ran along the perimeter of the monument, only a slight rise was discernible at SE and S. The interior was level and featureless. It is not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 12 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Road - class 1 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 1 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 1 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - gravel/stone trackway - peatlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.