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Ringfort - rath

Piercefield Or Templeoran, County Westmeath, Ireland

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Townland
Piercefield Or Templeoran
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.58144, -7.45290
SMR number
WM011-100----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a gentle NW facing slope overlooked by nearby ridge to the SE, with good views to the W & N. Templeoran Church (WM011-099----) and graveyard (WM011-099001-) 600m to WSW. A raised sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 35m N-S; 34m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and a external slight fosse, an intervening space (Wth 5.5m) and an outer fosse. The inner fosse is best preserved from ESE-S-W. The outer fosse is only visible from E-S-SW. There is a possible entrance gap (Wth 2.2m) at NE. The interior slopes slightly from NW-SE and has vague traces of broad cultivation ridges which run NW-SE. A rectangular mound (WM011-100001-) is visible in the interior which may be the remains of a collapsed house site. A field drain aligned NW-SE runs past the site at NE, possibly intersecting the outer fosse, while a field fence running NNW-SSE intersects the perimeter of the monument from SW-W.

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 25 August 2017

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