Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Forgney, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Forgney
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.54566, -7.69063
- SMR number
- LF027-038----
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
On a rise within a slight hollow in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A raised oval area (27.5m E-W; 18m N-S) enclosed by a much-denuded, very low bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.2-2.4m; H 0.1-0.2m). There is no trace of a fosse. A break (Wth 1m) in bank at NW may mark the original entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.