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Ringfort - rath

Leny, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Leny, 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
Leny
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.62044, -7.43220
SMR number
WM011-013----

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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 E facing slop of a natural hillock in grassland with ringfort (WM011-014----) 190m to SE. A stream marking the townland boundary with Fulmort lies 80m to NE while a field fence which intersects sit at S marks the townland boundary with Knockmorris. Present remains consist of an oval shaped area (approx. diam. 43m N-S; 42m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks with an intervening fosse. The fosse is visible from W-N only. The interior has a general slope from W-E. A field fence running NE-SW which forms the townland boundary with Knockmorris intersects the perimeter of the site from SE-S, and a second field fence which runs NW-SE intersects the site from S-W. It has been suggested that this may be a barrow but the internal appears to be a ditch associated with the townland boundary.

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 13 June 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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