What is recorded here

Enclosure in Treel (ardagh By., Corboy Ed) is a rectangular fort on a WSW-facing slope in County Longford, drawn as a subrectangular enclosure on the 1837 OS map. Its earth-and-stone bank still stands about a metre high, though field boundaries have eaten into its NE and SE sides. A sunken laneway at the base may mark a lost ditch, and the ruins of a 19th-century house cling to its southern face like a later shadow. The fort has outlived its makers, its purpose, and even its own shape.

On a WSW-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a subrectangular enclosure with the designation ‘Fort' on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. A raised rectangular area (37.7m ENE–WSW; 36.3m NNW–SSE) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.2m; H 1.2m), which has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary along the NE and SE sides. There is no trace of a fosse but a sunken laneway at the external base of the bank, at the W end of the SW side and along the NW side, may incorporate the line of one. There are modern entrances at the N end of the NW and SE sides. Built against the outer face of the bank at SSW are the ruins of a 19th-century house and outbuildings. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 6 February 2012

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.