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Cliff-edge fort

Corbrack, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cliff-edge fort, Corbrack, 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
Corbrack
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Partially hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Outlined
Coordinates
53.53742, -7.79138
SMR number
WM016-005----

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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

This monument is now located on the N side of the Tang River in the modern County of Longford because the course of the Tang River was straightened in recent times. Depicted as a semi-circular-shaped enclosure standing on the S bank of the Tang River which formed the enclosing element on the NE side of the monument. No surface remains visible. Slight traces of the semi-circular shaped earthwork appears to be visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph where it is visible as a line of trees on the S side of the monument. The old course of the Tang River is clearly visible on the Digital Globe aerial photograph.

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 10 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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