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Ringfort - rath

Scurlockstown (Corkaree By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Scurlockstown, 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
Scurlockstown (Corkaree By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.56225, -7.42702
SMR number
WM018-019----

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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 in pasture. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork, with field boundaries extending from S and NW. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a much modified roughly triangular-shaped earthwork truncated by a field boundary running NW-SE to W.
Described in 1983 as a circular-shaped area (diam. 28m) enclosed by an inner bank, an intervening fosse and a partially surviving outer bank. The inner earthen bank (int. H 0.5-1m) is very well preserved from NW-N-E-SE, is levelled from SE-SW and is poorly preserved to SW-NW. There is a substantial fall from the inner bank into the fosse (D 3-4m; Wth 2m), particularly to N. The outer earthen bank (int. H c. 1m) rises steadily from the fosse. It is best preserved around the N arc and is barely traceable around the E arc. There are several gaps in the outer bank. Monument is visible today as a partially 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.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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