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Ringfort - rath

Loughanstown (Corkaree By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Loughanstown, 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
Loughanstown (Corkaree By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Outlined
Coordinates
53.58621, -7.36018
SMR number
WM012-103----

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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 just off summit on SW facing slope of natural hillock in grassland, with good views to S and SW. Moated site (WM012-097---) 200m to NE. Unclassified castle (WM012-114---) 500m to SE. A large raised sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 43m N-S; 40m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and external fosse. The bank is best preserved from N- ESE, elsewhere it is fragmentary and reduced to a scarp in places. The fosse has been steepened where it forms part of a field fence from E-S, and is visible elsewhere. The interior slopes from NNW-SSE. There is a possible entrance gap at SE (Wth 1.9m) and a causeway (Wth 2.1m; L 1m), although this causeway appears to have been remodelled recently.

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

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 19 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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