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Ringfort - rath

Walshestown North (Part of), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Walshestown North (Part of), 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
Walshestown North (Part of)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Partially hachured
Coordinates
53.53856, -7.38644
SMR number
WM019-087----

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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 summit of a prominent steep-sided hill, in pasture with good views of Lough Owel to N, E and S. Depicted on the 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a semi-circular shaped earthwork (dims. 33m NW-SE) which is cut by the public road across the SW sector. Monument described in 1972 as a partially levelled earthwork enclosed by a steep earthen bank and traces of a fosse from NW-N-E-S only. The monument has been levelled from S-W-NW where it has been cut by the public road running NW-SE. The bank is best preserved from NW-N-NE, is very slight from NE-E-ESE and has been levelled from ESE-SE-S. The remains of a wide fosse are visible from NW-N-NNE and with traces at ENE. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior has a slight ENE-facing slope and there are traces of cultivation ridges running ENE-WSW. Monument is visible today as the arc of a tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.

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

Date of upload: 05 June 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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