Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballybranigan, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybranigan
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.57235, -7.76077
- SMR number
- LF027-001----
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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
Close to the base of the SW-facing slope of a ridge. A report in 1976 (SMR file) indicated that this subrectangular raised area (c. 48m E-W; c. 40m N-S) was enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone. It is defined by a scarp (H 0.5-0.7m). A shallow external fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 0.2m) is evident at NW. The monument is cut by a field boundary at WSW and N. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.