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Ringfort - rath

Hiskinstown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Hiskinstown, 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
Hiskinstown
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.57928, -7.14096
SMR number
WM013-096----

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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 low hillock with occasional rock outcrop in undulating grassland, with good views all around. Possible castle site (WM013-062---) lies 50m to E, a series of linear earthworks possibly represent a field system are visible to E and SE on aerial photographs. Present remains consist of a raised circular shaped area (approx. diam. 35m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by a well preserved earthen bank and slight external visible from N-SSE only. There is an entrance gap (Wth 2.1m) at NE. The interior rises towards a level area at centre. This earthwork could be the remains of an Anglo-Norman ringwork with associated field system.

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

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 24 July 2018

References

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

Nearby in the register

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

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