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Ringfort - rath

Lowerton Beg, County Offaly, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Lowerton Beg, County Offaly, 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
Lowerton Beg
County
Offaly
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.19764, -7.63525
SMR number
OF024-039----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · 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

Situated on S facing slope of a hill just below the summit. Circular area (diam c. 55m ) enclosed by two banks with intervening fosse and external fosse. Inner bank (Wth 1m; int. H 2m; ext. H 4m), fosse (Wth 2.5m, int. D 4m), outer bank (Wth 2m, ext. H 3m , int. H 4m) and outer fosse (Wth 3m). Causewayed entrance gap (Wth 3m) at E. The inner bank gently slopes into the interior giving the interior an amphitheatre effect. The interior of the site slopes from N to S.

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

Nearby in the register

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

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