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Ringfort - rath

Ballygarvey, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballygarvey, 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
Ballygarvey
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.63040, -7.56026
SMR number
WM005-011----

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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 a low ridge of rock outcrop surrounded by poorly drained land which is liable to flooding. Bog land 500m to the S and SW, stream marking boundary with county Longford 280m to W. Ringfort (WM005-013----) 150m to ESE, ringfort (WM005-015----) 160m to S and possible hut site (WM005-012----) 45m to SSW. A roughly circular area (approx. diam. 35m)enclosed by a low poorly preserved earth and stone bank only visible at NNE, elsewhere reduced to a scarp, with traces of an external fosse only visible at E and W. Causewayed entrance gap at NNE, a second causewayed gap at E appears to be a later feature. The interior is very uneven and slopes outwards from the centre. Much of the SW part of the interior is occupied by circular grass-covered mound, possibly rock outcrop. There is a smaller irregular mound of earth and stone on the top of this mound which probably represents a collapsed house site (WM005-011001-). A second rectangular shaped structure (WM005-011002-) located W of centre appears to overlie the enclosing bank of the ringfort and is probably a later house site of unknown antiquity.

Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 20 December 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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