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Ringfort - rath

Creggstown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Creggstown, 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
Creggstown
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.53122, -7.11921
SMR number
WM020-094----

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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 in all directions. Monument described in 1970-2 as an oval-shaped area (dims. 27m NNW-SSE; 20m WSW-ENE) enclosed by an inner bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The inner bank is best preserved from SE-W-N-NE and is reduced to a scarp (H 1.6m) NE-E-SE. The fosse is visible from S-W-N-ENE and the outer bank is visible from NW-N-ENE. A gap (overall Wth 4.5m; basal Wth 2.2m) at SSE may represent the original entrance. Monument is visible as a suboval-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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