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Ringfort - rath

Rathcolman, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Rathcolman, 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
Rathcolman
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Partially hachured
Coordinates
53.51638, -7.38478
SMR number
WM019-071----

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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 a gentle rise, in pasture. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1980 as a small subcircular-shaped area (dims. 24m NE-SW; 22m NW-SE) enclosed by a low wide earthen bank with shallow external fosse visible from SSE-S-SSW. The perimeter of the monument has been disturbed by digging from W-NW. There is no trace of the original entrance. The ground outside the perimeter to E and W is uneven showing further signs of disturbance. The interior is fairly even, with traces of old cultivation ridges running E-W. Monument was levelled in 1984 and a Preservation Order was placed on its subsurface remains (SMR file). Levelled monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography.

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

Date of upload: 04 June 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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