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Ringfort - rath

Ballinlough (Delvin By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballinlough, 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
Ballinlough (Delvin By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Outlined
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.63962, -7.01632
SMR number
WM009-022----

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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 top of a slight natural rise surrounded by gently undulating grassland in the landscaped demesne of Ballinlough Castle (WM009-047----) located 630m to SW. Not depicted as an antiquity on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map but shown as a landscaped tree-ring feature. Ringfort (WM009-021----) 130m to NNE. The road which marks the townland boundary with Ballinlough townland is 35m to N. Present remains consist of a very large slightly raised circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 68m NE-SW; 66m NNW-SSE) enclosed by an earthen bank and a wide steep external fosse. The bank has been levelled and the fosse filled in from SW-W. In the SE quadrant of the interior a low mound (diam. 6m N-S; 5m E-W; H 0.8m) is visible. A field fence running NE-SW intersects the monument at SW. Possible ringfort that was converted into a tree-ring as part of the landscaping of the demesne lands associated with Ballnlough Castle. Alternatively this feature may have been constructed as a tree-ring in the post-1700 period as part of the landscaping of the demesne lands of Ballinlough Castle.

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

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 15 May 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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