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Ringfort - rath

Kilpatrick (Rathconrath By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, 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
Kilpatrick Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Kilpatrick Fort
Coordinates
53.54534, -7.49882
SMR number
WM018-063----

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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 rough, level pasture (OD 112m/370ft). Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map and on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork which is annotated 'Kilpatrick Fort'. Monument is visible as a well preserved ringfort on aerial photograph taken c. 1973 (CUCAP AYR011). Circular-shaped earthwork depicted on an estate map of Sonna Demesne (NLI, MS 21 F. 48 (018) ).
Monument described in 1983 as a circular-shaped trivallate ringfort (diam. 31m) enclosed by an inner bank, an intervening fosse, an intervening bank and traces of a possible outer bank. The inner bank (int. H 0.3m) of earth and stone is a substantial structure and has internal stone facing. There is a fall of c. 2-3m externally to the intervening fosse (approx. Wth 2m) which has been poached and eroded by livestock in places. The intervening bank (int. H 0.5m) of earth and stone is also eroded in places. There are traces of a possible outer bank at WNW, which appear to continue in the field fence at W. A house site (WM018-063001-) is located within the interior. Monument is visible today as a partially tree-lined ringfort on Digital Globe aerial photography.

See attached plan and profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.

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

Date of upload: 04 February 2019

References

NLI, MS 21 F. 48 (018) – National Library of Ireland, A map of lands at Sonna demense, Balroe, Cartron, Kildallan, Kilpatrick, Gaddrystown, Balleagney and Ballysallagh [Tuite] in the barony of Moygoish and County of Westmeath. Names of tenants and acreage of holdings shown. Longfield Map Collection, Dublin.

CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com

Nearby in the register

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

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