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Enclosure - large enclosure

Kilpatrick (Rathconrath By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure - large enclosure, Kilpatrick, 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
Kilpatrick (Rathconrath By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Partially hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.54214, -7.50645
SMR number
WM018-056----

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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 level pasture. St. Patrick's Well (WM018-059----) lies c. 135m to SE, a ringfort (WM018-058----) lies c. 150m to S and castle site (WM018-042----) c. 160m to NW. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a partial D-shaped earthwork with curvilinear bank (C 68m) visible from NE-SE and by a bank (L 70m) along the straight side to SW. The D-shaped area has been incorporated into a field boundary on the 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Monument is described in 1983 as no surface remains visible however the monument is clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Visible on aerial photographs as a partial D-shaped earthwork defined by a curvilinear, partially tree-lined field boundary with an outer fosse visible from NE-SE. Straight side of monument is defined by a linear field boundary running NW-SE along the SW side.

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

Date of upload: 04 February 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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