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Ringfort - unclassified

Shinglis, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - unclassified, Shinglis, 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
Shinglis
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.51038, -7.67379
SMR number
WM017-085----

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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 E facing slope of a natural rise, in pasture with good views in all directions, c. 400m S of Shinglis House. The site of a 17th century military camp (WM017-086----) lies c. 33m to SSW, an enclosure (WM017-084----) lies c. 65m to SW, and Shinglis Castle (WM017-083----) stands c. c. 325m to NW.
Depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped enclosure. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped enclosure to the immediate SE of an OS trig. station marking 350ft OD. Described in 1983 as an oval, almost pear-shaped area (dims. 30m E-W; 21.50m N-S) enclosed by the remains of an earthen bank from WNW-W-NE which is reduced to a scarp from NE-E-S-W-NNW, with traces of an external fosse from NW-W-S-E. A low outer earthen bank is only visible from ESE-S-W-N-NE and has a sharp profile and may have been modified to form a post-1700 field bank. There is no indication of an entrance feature. There are disturbance gaps in the bank at SSW, W, NNW and ENE. The interior has a slight NE-facing slope. A linear field bank runs NW-SE just outside the perimeter at N. Barely discernible outline of levelled enclosure visible on Digital Globe aerial photography.

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

Date of upload: 20 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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