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Ringfort - rath

Lackan, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Lackan, 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
Lackan
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Outlined
Coordinates
53.50749, -7.84931
SMR number
WM015-022----

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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 slight natural rise in gently undulating grassland, Ringfort (WM015-021---) 200m to NE. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as an oval-shaped enclosure delimited by 2 concentric lines, annotated on map as ‘fort’. Depicted on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular shaped enclosure intersected at W by a roadway/laneway running roughly N-S. Present remains consist of a large sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 35m NE-SW; 36m NW-SE) enclosed by a low, poorly preserved earthen bank that has been reduced to a scarp in places, and has several disturbance gaps. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible running N-S across the interior. Field fences intersect the perimeter of the monument at SW and NW.

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

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 7 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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