Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Rathmore (Shrule By.), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmore (Shrule By.)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.54299, -7.79274
- SMR number
- LF026-027----
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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
In level, poorly drained pasture. A grass-covered, almost circular, low mound (c. 11.8m E–W; 11.5m N–S; H c. 0.5-0.85m) composed of fragments of burnt stone within a matrix of blackened soil. A shallow depression (c. 3.4m NNW–SSE; 2.6m ENE–WSW; max. D 0.4m) at NNW marks the site of the trough.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 22 November 2011
References
Moore, S. 2007 Archaeological monuments in County Longford. Longford. Longford County Council.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.