Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Newcastle, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newcastle
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.55362, -7.71204
- SMR number
- LF027-020----
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
Within a plantation of coniferous trees. A report in 1976 (SMR file) indicates that this raised circular area (diam. c. 31m) was enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone. It is defined by a scarp (H 1.2m) at the base of which is a narrow, shallow, V-shaped fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 0.1-0.3m). The original entrance is not recognisable. Detailed inspection was impossible due to its overgrown nature.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 17 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Burnt pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.