Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Creevaghmore, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creevaghmore
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.54413, -7.74480
- SMR number
- LF027-030----
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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 prominent ridge in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1883 revised ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Not indicated on the 1837 ed. A report in 1976 (SMR file) noted that this raised subcircular area (c. 26m E-W; c. 24m N-S) was enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone. It is delimited by a poorly defined, broad, low scarp (H 0.3-0.9m). Some large boulders lie immediately outside it at S and W. There is no trace of a fosse and 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.