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Ringfort - rath

Tullystown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Tullystown, County Westmeath, 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
Tullystown
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.75982, -7.30757
SMR number
WM001-023----

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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)
  • 1790 · Composite: 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 a rise of ground in undulating countryside with excellent views to W, restricted views by surrounding hills in other directions. Ringfort (WM001-022----) 360m to NNW, second ringfort (WM001-025----) 390m to SSE. On the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map the W side of the ringfort is intersected by a laneway running N-S. This laneway appears to cut across the W side of the enclosure creating the irregular-shaped monument depicted on the revised 1911 ed. 25 inch map. Roughly D-shaped area (dims. 38.8m NE-SW; 33.4m NW-SE) enclosed by an earthen bank best preserved from W to N, elsewhere mainly reduced to a scarp with straight side at S. No visible trace of an enclosing fosse. A gap (Wth 2.2-4.4m) at E probably represents the original entrance feature. A modern field fence intersects the site at W on a N-S axis. The interior is uneven, rising from the perimeter towards the centre. There is evidence of disturbance from quarrying and there are slight traces of old cultivation ridges running NW-SE.

Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 16 November 2016

Nearby in the register

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

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