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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
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.52673, -7.20362
SMR number
WM020-075----

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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 rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Monument described in 1972 as an oval-shaped area (dims. 35m N-S; 23.4m E-W) enclosed by a bank with the remains of an external fosse. The bank has been reduced to a scarp from W-WNW and from ENE-E-ESE. The fosse is visible from WSW-W-NNW. The original entrance is not recognisable. The S and NE sectors of the monument have been quarried. The surviving areas of the interior have a gentle E-facing slope with some rock outcrop. A short earthen bank (dims. 6m E-W; 0.5m N-S; H 0.3m) is located in the S quadrant. A short section of bank extends from the exterior of the monument at SW and N. A stone wall running E-W transects the S side. Monument is barely visible as a roughly oval-shaped tree-planted area 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.

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