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Ringfort - rath

Kilpatrick (Corkaree By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Kilpatrick, 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
Kilpatrick (Corkaree By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Partially hachured
Coordinates
53.60849, -7.41995
SMR number
WM011-064----

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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 well drained grassland. Ringfort (WM011-036---) 120m to NNW. Ringfort (WM011-065----) 155m to S. The townland boundary with Heathland is 85m to E. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam 25m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and shallow external fosse. The bank and fosse have been steepened from S-NNW where the perimeter of the site forms part of a field fence. From ENE-SE the bank has been levelled. A field fence running ENE-WSW intersects the monument at N.

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 23 August 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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