Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Gormagh, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gormagh
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- SMR number
- OF009-034----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Unlocated ringfort within townland described by Offaly Historical Archaeological Society in 1975 as 'an oval shaped platform rath with main aixs E-W c. 20m long; N-S axis c. 10m ; sloping E-W. There is traces of a ditch on N.E. side with kerb stone bank about 0.5m high. The site is a meadow and has no remarkable features' (OHAS 16/02/1975)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011