Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Broughal, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Broughal
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.19123, -7.75039
- SMR number
- OF023-010----
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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
Roughly oval shaped area (diam 36m N-S ) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening and external fosse. Inner bank (Wth 6m at base; int. H 1m; ext. H 2m), external bank (Wth 7m at base; int. H 1.8m; ext. H 2m). Intervening fosse (Wth 1.6m) and external fosse (Wth 2.2m; ext. D 1.4m). Possible entrance gap (Wth 3m) at SE.
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
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 9/1956).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.