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Ringfort - rath

Skeagh More, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Skeagh More, 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
Skeagh More
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.53812, -7.55363
SMR number
WM017-055001-

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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 ENE side of a natural rise, on the demesne lands of Oldtown House located 230m to NW. The souterrain lies immediately W side of the townland boundary with Corkan. Site of church (WM017-063----), abbey (WM017-054---) and possible ogham stone (WM017-054002-) 230m to NW. Souterrain (WM017-057----) 300m to NE, second souterrain (WM017-051----) annotated 'Cave' located 375m to W.
A roughly oval shaped cropmark (approx. dims. 25m NE-SW; 17m NW-SE) visible on Digital Globe aerial photography to the immediate W of the townland boundary with Corkan could be the remains of a levelled ringfort associated with the adjoining souterrain (WM017-055----) to SSE.

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

Date of upload: 13 December 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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