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Ringfort - rath

Corr (Rathconrath By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Corr, 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
Corr (Rathconrath By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.51269, -7.56684
SMR number
WM017-108----

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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 top of a prominent rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Depicted as a circular-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 51m E-W; 48m N-S) on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a modified, roughly oval-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 37m NW-SE; 35m NE-SW) which appears to have been reduced significantly in area.
Described in 1971 as a roughly circular, slightly irregular shaped area defined by a low earth and stone bank at W and a steep scarp elsewhere, an intervening fosse and traces of a possible counterscarp at SW. A gap (Wth at top 3.7m; basal Wth 2.75m) at E may represent the entrance. A U-shaped fosse is visible from SE-S-W-NW. The surface of the ground outside the monument is disturbed. The interior rises gently from the perimeter towards the centre and has a complex of banks including what may be the remains of a house site (WM017-108001-) in the centre. Monument is visible today as a modified, roughly circular-shaped, partially tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.

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

Date of upload: 10 January 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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