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Ringfort - rath

Taghmon, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Taghmon, 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
Taghmon
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.60473, -7.29224
SMR number
WM012-061----

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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 summit of a steep prominent hill overlooking Lough Derravaragh 630m to the NW. Bronze Age burial mound (WM012-060----) 115m to NNW, ringfort (WM012-062---) 120m to ESE. An oval shaped area (approx. diam. 27m NW-SE) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and a slight external fosse. The bank is best preserved at NE, and reduced to a scarp elsewhere. The fosse is visible from SW-W-NNE. There is a possible entrance gap at W. The interior rises slightly towards the centre. The monument is now standing in a tree plantation that is depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map.

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

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 15 February 2018

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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