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Ringfort - rath

Corkan, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Corkan, 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
Corkan
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.54292, -7.55679
SMR number
WM017-052----

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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 the E end of a small, low natural ridge running E-W in pasture with extensive views in all directions. Ringfort (WM017-043----) and field system (WM017-043001-) 55m to NNE, standing stone (WM017-114----) c. 8m to S. Visible as a roughly oval-shaped enclosure on Digital Globe aerial photography. Depicted on the revised 1913 OS 25-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped area defined by a scarp. Monument described in 1980 as a broad oval-shaped area (28.5m NE-SW; 24.5m NW-SE) enclosed by a bank mainly reduced to a scarp, shallow broad fosse and slight remains of a low outer bank visible from WSW-W-WNW. There is no indication of an entrance. The inner bank only survives from WSW-W-WNW where it is quite substantial and has the remains of internal stone facing. There is a large piece of limestone outcrop incorporated into the scarp from W-WNW. The intervening fosse is very shallow and broad being visible from WSW-W-WNW. The interior has a gentle SE-facing slope and has an uneven surface due to the presence of modern cultivation ridges running NE-SW. A possible hut site (WM017-052001-) is located within the S quadrant. Outline of monument clearly visible on aerial photographs taken in 1966 (CUCAP APH003).

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

Date of upload: 10 December 2018

References

CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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