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Ringfort - rath

Curristown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Curristown, 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
Curristown
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.51391, -7.12725
SMR number
WM020-132----

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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 and low-lying, poorly drained pasture, with restricted views of the surrounding landscape. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork (approx. dims 41m N-S; 40m E-W). Monument described in 1970 as an almost levelled, roughly circular-shaped area defined by a low scarp (H 0.4m) with vague traces of an intervening fosse (Wth at top 4m; basal Wth 2.2m) and an outer bank (Wth at top 1.7m; overall Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.4m). The original entrance is not visible. The interior has a gentle W-facing slope and very slight natural humps and hollows. There are several slight depressions outside the perimeter which appear to be due to water action. Monument is visible today as a roughly circular-shaped cropmark 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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