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Ringfort - rath

Newrath (Louth By., Dromiskin Par.), County Louth, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Newrath (Louth By., Dromiskin Par.), County Louth, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Newrath (Louth By., Dromiskin Par.)
County
Louth
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.91689, -6.43310
SMR number
LH015-050----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located at the summit of a low E-W ridge. The faint cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m NE-SW) defined by a single slight fosse feature S-N-NE is visible on Google Earth (18/06/2017) with some drains from a field system attached to the SW. The rath is visible more clearly on OSAP (2017), although still very faint. It was first reported by Anthony Murphy.

Attached image from OSAP (2017).

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 11 November 2019

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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