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Ringfort - rath

Edmondstown (Farbill By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Edmondstown, 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
Edmondstown (Farbill By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.52724, -7.15911
SMR number
WM020-084----

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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, with excellent views from NW-NE. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork which is open to N. Monument described in 1970-2 as an oval-shaped area (dims. 33m WNW-ESE; 28.4m NNE-SSW) enclosed by a bank and an external fosse. The bank has been quarried away from NNW-NE and there are gaps at SE and SW. The fosse is visible at W only. The original entrance is not recognisable but may have been at NE. The interior has a gentle N-facing slope and has been quarried within the N quadrant. There are quarry holes and modern banks on the exterior of the monument from SE-WSW. Monument is visible today as a roughly oval-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.

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