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Ringfort - rath

Corry, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Corry, 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
Corry
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.63238, -7.51724
SMR number
WM006-042----

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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 rise of ground on poorly drained grassland. Ringfort (WM006-043----) 60m to SSE. Originally depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map, and later depicted as a D-shaped enclosure on the revised 1911 ed. OS 6-inch map. Present remains consist of a D-shaped area (approx. diam. 35m NE-SW; 34m NW-SE) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank mainly reduced to a scarp with traces of a wide shallow external fosse only visible from S-W-N. A post-1700 field fence and drain running NW-SE intersects the site at W. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible running NNE-SSW across the interior of the monument.

Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 31 January 2017

Nearby in the register

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

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