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Ringfort - rath

Cavestown And Rosmead, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Cavestown And Rosmead, 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
Cavestown And Rosmead
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Outlined
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.64698, -7.05856
SMR number
WM009-014----

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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 hillock in undulating grassland. The river which forms the boundary with County Meath is 170m to NW. A raised sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 33m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and slight external fosse. The bank has been levelled from SSW-W & NNE-E. There is an entrance gap (Wth 1.7m) with internal stone facing at SE. The interior rises slightly towards the centre. Field fences transect the monument at NW & E.

See attached section of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 28 April 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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