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Ringfort - rath

Rathwire Upper, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Rathwire Upper, 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
Rathwire Upper
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.52273, -7.15818
SMR number
WM020-088----

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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 the E slope of a rise, in undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Monument described in 1970-7 as a circular-shaped area (dims. 29m N-S; 27m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (overall Wth 4.7m; Wth at top 1.1m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1m) that has been incorporated into a field boundary from NW-N-ESE and has gaps at E, SSE, SW and NW. There is no definite trace of an outer fosse although there is a slight depression from S-SSW. A modern trench has been dug outside the bank from SW-NW. The original entrance is not visible. The interior has a gentle E-facing slope and an earth and stone bank (L 9.4m; overall Wth 1.4m; Wth at top 0.4m; H 0.35m) runs E-W across the E-sector. Monument is visible as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.

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

Date of upload: 08 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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