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Ringfort - rath

Sionhill, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Sionhill, 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
Sionhill
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.55046, -7.15654
SMR number
WM020-044----

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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 slight terrace, on the W-facing slope of a high-ridge, in pasture, with good views to W and NW. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a subcircular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1998 as an oval-shaped area (dims 19.7m E-W; 15.5m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.35m; Wth 2.6-3.5m) from NE-E-S-W, which has been reduced to an embankment (H 0.45-0.7m) from W-N-NE. The bank is flat topped (Wth at top 0.8m) from ESE-S-SSW. There is a gap (Wth 1.4m) in the bank at ESE and another gap (Wth 7m) at SW. There is no longer any evidence of a fosse, although an ASI field description from 1970 describes a deep U-shaped fosse that was visible from ENE-E-S. The interior has a gentle E-facing slope. Monument is visible as a plectrum-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.

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

Date of upload: 04 July 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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