Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathmore (shrule By.), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmore (shrule By.)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.54550, -7.78025
- SMR number
- LF027-026----
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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
On a rise in undulating pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 30m) enclosed by fragmentary remains of a bank of earth and stone (Wth 1.4-2.2m; H 0.2-0.4m). A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded an external fosse, which has since been infilled. The original entrance is not recognisable. The ground level rises appreciably from the perimeter towards the centre of the interior. Deciduous trees are growing on the bank. Possibly a rath that was adapted and reused as a tree-ring in relatively modern times.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.