Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cultivation ridges
Castlecore, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlecore
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55679, -7.78199
- SMR number
- LF026-042----
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 grassland, overlooking the River Inny immediately to S. Cultivation ridges running NE-SW enclosed by a low earthen bank forming a large irregular-shaped field (diam. c. 214m N-S x 226m E-W) is clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimages and on Digital Globe orthophoto taken between 2011-13.
See attached Google Earth orthophoto
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère
Date of upload: 12 July 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.