Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cartron (shrule By.), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cartron (shrule By.)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.53604, -7.77285
- SMR number
- LF027-031----
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 rough, low-lying pasture; the Tang River, which marks the border between counties Longford and Westmeath, is adjacent to the SE. A report in 1976 (SMR file) indicates that this raised circular area (diam. c. 34m) was defined by two banks with an intervening fosse. It is defined by a scarp (H 1.8m), at the base of which is a fosse (Wth 2.6m; D 0.4-1.3m). The outer bank is no longer identifiable and the original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 28 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Water mill - vertical-wheeledunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.