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Ringfort - rath

Calliaghstown (Rathconrath By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Calliaghstown, 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
Calliaghstown (Rathconrath By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.52383, -7.72669
SMR number
WM016-020----

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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 small prominent rise surrounded by gently undulating grassland. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a small circular-shaped enclosure. This site has been much disturbed by quarrying. All that remains of the monument is a sub-circular shaped area defined by a scarp, with the slight remains of a bank at N and SE, the perimeter having been levelled from NNE-ESE. A depression in the centre of the interior may represent the remains of a souterrain (WM016-020001-). The S half of the site has been levelled by the construction of a later, small sub-rectangular shaped enclosure (approx. dims. 16.5m N-S x 18m E-W), enclosed by an earth and stone bank.

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 11 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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