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Ringfort - rath

Cummerstown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Cummerstown, 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
Cummerstown
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.64925, -7.14923
SMR number
WM008-062----

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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 slight natural rise in undulating grassland. Bog 35m to SW. Lough Adeel 450m to W. A sub-triangular shaped area (approx. dims. 58m NE-SW; 36m NW-SE) enclosed by two earthen banks and intervening fosse. The inner bank has been levelled along the W side of the monument. The outer bank is visible only from S-W. There is an entrance gap (Wth 1.5m) and causeway (Wth 3.5m; H 0.5m) across the fosse at S. The interior rises slightly towards the centre, and there are traces of cultivation ridges. A post-1837 field fence running NW-SE intersects the monument from N-NE. Another field fence running N-S intersects the monument at NW & W.

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 21 April 2017

References

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

Nearby in the register

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

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