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Ringfort - rath

Littletown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Littletown, 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
Littletown
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Outlined
Coordinates
53.51807, -7.85544
SMR number
WM015-014----

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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 top of a slight natural rise in gently undulating grassland on the demesne lands of Littletown House standing 120m to S. Remains consist of a slightly raised circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 24m NE-SW) enclosed by a low poorly preserved earthen bank and a very slight narrow fosse. The interior is level. It appears to have been used as a tree-ring in the past. Not depicted as an antiquity on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. May be the remains of a tree-ring of post-1700 date associated with landscaping of the demesne of Littletown House.

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

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 6 September 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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