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Enclosure

Rathduff (Rathconrath By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Rathduff, 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
Rathduff (Rathconrath By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Partially hachured
Coordinates
53.55407, -7.53950
SMR number
WM017-026----

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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, on an elevated area of a gentle NW-facing slope. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as an oval-shaped area (approx. dims. 50m NE-SW; c. 38m NW-SE) defined by a scarp and external fosse, with a field boundary extending from the monument at NE, SW and NW. Depicted on the 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped area defined by a bank from SW-NE and by a field boundary from NE-SW which extends (long-axis NE-SW) beyond the monument to SW. Levelled monument described in 1975 as ‘demolished’. No surface remains visible of levelled monument on Digital Globe aerial photographs.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 30 November 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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