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Ringfort - rath

Wooddown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Wooddown, 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
Wooddown
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.52633, -7.24110
SMR number
WM020-064----

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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 top of a rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. Possible burial mound (WM020-063----) lies c. 75m to NW. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as an irregular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1970 as a much disturbed irregular-shaped area (approx. dims. 28m NW-SE; 22m NE-SW) which appears to have been oval-shaped before a large portion was demolished. It is enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth at top 0.35m; overall Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.1m) from SSE-S-W-N which is almost reduced to a scarp. The perimeter and surface of the interior have been quarried away from S-SSW-WSW. A wide shallow fosse is visible from SSE-S-W. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior has a gentle NNW-facing slope and there is a slight depression in the S quadrant. Monument is visible today as an irregular-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.

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

Date of upload: 05 July 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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