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Ringfort - rath

Newtown (Delvin By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Newtown, 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
Newtown (Delvin By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.50912, -7.70532
SMR number
WM016-039----

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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 rise in low lying wet grassland, stream marking townland boundary with Calliaghstown lies 115m to W. Ringfort (WM016-040---) 170m to S. A large oval shaped area (approx. diam. 45m NW-SE; 40m NE-SW) enclosed by a two earthen banks with an intervening fosse. The inner bank is low and fragmentary; the fosse is visible from NW-NE, at W and at SSE. The very slight external counterscarp bank is visible from NW-NNE. The interior has a slight slope from N-S.

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 14 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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