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Ringfort - rath

Chanonstown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Chanonstown, 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
Chanonstown
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.55779, -7.15004
SMR number
WM020-023----

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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

Sited on a slight rise, overlooked by hill land, in pasture. Ringfort (WM020-136----) lies c. 120m to WSW. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument described in 1970 as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a low sod-covered bank of earth and stone. It appears to have been constructed by placing large stones as facings and filling the core with smaller stones. Several slight disturbance gaps are visible in the bank. The original entrance is not recognisable. Partial cropmark of levelled monument is barely visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography.

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

Date of upload: 06 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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