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Ringfort - rath

Clonyn, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Clonyn, 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
Clonyn
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.60690, -7.10162
SMR number
WM013-032----

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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 natural rise of ground on the landscaped demesne lands of Clonyn House located 725m to the NNW. This earthwork known locally as a 'fort' is depicted as a grove of trees standing E of the main avenue leading up to Clonyn House on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map. An enclosure (WM013-033----) lies 45m to the SW and a second enclosure (WM013-114----) is 110m to the W. Possible ringfort that was re-used as a tree-ring as part of the landscaping of Clonyn House demesne.
Remains consist of a circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 29m NW-SE) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank (Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.7m) and narrow external fosse (Wth 1.9m; ext. D 0.2m). There is a possible entrance gap (Wth 4.5m) at WSW. Deep cultivation ridges aligned E-W are visible running across the interior of the monument. It is not clear if all three earthworks (WM013-033-/114----) are the remains of ringforts that were converted into tree-rings as part of the landscaping of Clonyn House demesne or whether they were built as tree-rings in the post-1700 period.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 2 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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