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Ringfort - rath

Davidstown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Davidstown, 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
Davidstown
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.55315, -7.53328
SMR number
WM018-008----

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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 gentle rise, in pasture. A ringfort (WM018-009----) lies c. 110m to SE. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a slightly oval-shaped earthwork which incorporates a field boundary running NE-SW to NW.
Described in 1980 as a circular-shaped area (diam. 22m) enclosed by a bank which has a sharp profile with a relatively flat top and having the remains of an internal stone facing from NW-SW and SE-S. There is a gap in the bank from N-NNE which has a stone facing on the E side and may represent an entrance. The bank has been reduced to a scarp in places, which has been faced with a dry stone revetment. The perimeter of the monument incorporates a modern field fence from W-N. The interior has a gentle NE-facing slope. Monument is visible today as a circular-shaped tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.

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

Date of upload: 11 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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