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Ringfort - rath

Balrath West, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Balrath West, 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
Balrath West
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.56309, -7.18029
SMR number
WM020-011----

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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

Described in an earlier site visit as following: 'Completely obliterated. Probably a rath. Apart from the siting on a steep round-topped natural hillock, there is no indication on the ground as to what it was. Withered weeds grow on the site. Situated on gently undulating land of average pasture. Good views from the site' (SMR File). Depicted on OS 6-inch map as an oval-shape earthwork delimited by a scarp and with some trees groing on it.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.

Date of upload: 09 February 2016

Nearby in the register

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

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