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Ringfort - rath

Tyfarnham, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Tyfarnham, 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
Tyfarnham
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Partially hachured
Coordinates
53.61023, -7.36075
SMR number
WM012-002----

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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 SSE facing slope of rising ground in grassland. Standing stone (WM012-001----) 40m to E. Chapel (WM012-003----) 180m to S. Bog 350m to W. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 39m N-S; 37m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank. It is best preserved from W-N, fragmentary elsewhere and reduced to a scarp from E-S-SW. It is intersected by a field fence running NW-SE from N-NE. The interior slopes slightly from NW-SE. A low bank in the SW quadrant extending from the inside of the bank towards the interior is of unknown function. This monument is situated at the N side of a complex of earthworks which extend over an area of approx. 7 hectares.

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 30 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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