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Ringfort - rath

Clonickilvant, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Clonickilvant, 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
Clonickilvant
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.52539, -7.20868
SMR number
WM020-068----

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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 rise, in gently undulating pasture, overlooking bog from SW-W and with good views of the surrounding landscape. Ringfort (WM020-069----) lies c. 80m to E. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a suboval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1970 as an oval-shaped area (dims. 28.6m N-S; 25.6m E-W) enclosed by a bank and the remains of an external fosse. The bank is high and steep incorporating some large stones in its outer face. It is best preserved from E-S and elsewhere it is almost reduced to a scarp with several modern gaps. There is a large depression in the upper edge of the bank at SE. The fosse is visible from SSW-W-N-NNE. A modern field fence of earth and stone runs NNW-SSE along the foot of the scarp from NNE-E-ESE. There is also a short segment of modern bank at the foot of the scarp at SE. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior has a gentle NW-facing slope and a slightly uneven surface. Monument is visible today as an oval-shaped tree-lined 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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