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Ringfort - rath

Parcellstown (Moygoish By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Parcellstown, 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
Parcellstown (Moygoish By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.54376, -7.44937
SMR number
WM018-077----

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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 the W edge of the summit of a large ridge running N-S, with extensive views in all directions. Rectangular-shaped enclosure (WM018-084----) lies c. 190m to SW. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a well-formed oval-shaped earthwork.
Monument described in 1980 as a roughly circular-shaped area (34m NNE-SSW; 32m WNW-ESE) enclosed by an inner bank which is reduced to a scarp and a berm in places. A broad low earthen inner bank is present from NE-E-SE which is reduced to a scarp from SE-S-W-N-NNE. This inner scarp is higher and steeper from SSW-W-NW-NNW. A gap (approx. Wth 6m) in the bank at the NE may represent the original entrance. An outer berm-like feature is visible from SW-W-NW-NNW, having a flat top and a low scarp at its outer edge. There is no indication of a fosse. The interior rises irregularly towards the centre and is steepest to E and W. There are traces of old cultivation ridges running roughly E-W across the interior and similar ridges can be seen in the surrounding field. Monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.

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

Date of upload: 05 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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