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Ringfort - rath

Galmoylestown Upper, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Galmoylestown Upper, 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
Galmoylestown Upper
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.59376, -7.32195
SMR number
WM012-113----

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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 gentle SSE facing slope of a high prominent hill with good views to NE, E, S and W. Earthwork (WM012-055----) 200m to NW. Poorly preserved almost completely levelled monument consisting of a circular shaped area (approx. diam. 41m) defined by the slightest remains of an enclosing fosse. A concave depression in S quadrant of interior represents the remains of an old quarry. Cropmark of levelled ringfort visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011.

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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