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Ringfort - rath

Ballintue, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballintue, 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
Ballintue
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.56854, -7.52545
SMR number
WM011-118----

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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 rise, surrounded by grassland with commanding views of the surrounding countryside. Ringfort (WM011-117---) 350m to NW. Ringfort (WM011-119----) 380m to NE. A large, raised roughly circular-shaped area (approx. diam 46m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and a wide external fosse. The inner bank has several disturbance gaps, and the fosse is best preserved at S & E. There is an entrance gap at NE and causeway (Wth 5.7m; H 1m) across the fosse. The interior rises towards the centre, where a hay-shed has been built and occupies most of the NW side interior which is clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. A large perforated stone is visible in the SE quadrant. Field fences intersect the monument at NNW & S.

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

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 28 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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