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Ringfort - unclassified

Tober, County Westmeath, Ireland

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Townland
Tober
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Partially outlined
Coordinates
53.63378, -7.37539
SMR number
WM007-067----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The National Monuments Service's description

Annotated as ‘fort’ on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map and depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as an oval-shaped enclosure or ringfort. Ringfort (WM007-066---) 250m to NE. Unable tin inspect monument as it was located inside a tree plantation. The outline of the monument is visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011.

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 15 April 2017

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

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