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Ringfort - rath

Killucan, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Killucan, 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
Killucan
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.51558, -7.13771
SMR number
WM020-120----

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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 good views in all directions. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1970 as a roughly circular-shaped area (dims. 31.4m NE-SW; 28m NW-SE) enclosed by a bank and external fosse. The bank (Wth at top 1m; overall Wth 5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.5m) is best preserved from SE-S-W-N-NE and is almost reduced to a scarp elsewhere. A small portion of the scarp is quarried away at ESE and there are modern gaps at SW and W. A slight depression in the upper edge of the scarp at ENE may represent the entrance (Wth at top 6.6m; basal Wth 3.5m). A shallow U-shaped fosse is only visible from W-N-NNE. 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: 09 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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