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Ringfort - rath

Lackan, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Lackan, 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
Lackan
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.50316, -7.84839
SMR number
WM022-010----

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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 gentle NNE-Facing slope, in pasture with good views to N, E and NW. Monument described in 1971 as a large roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 44m) enclosed by a bank and external fosse. The bank is best preserved from SE-S-SW and is almost reduced to a scarp in places and is much disturbed by several small gaps. The exterior of the bank has been steepened and modified to form part of a modern field fence. The deep U-shaped external fosse is best preserved from SE-S-SW and is almost completely filled up from NE-E-SE. The original entrance is not visible. The interior has a gentle SSW-facing slope with traces of cultivation ridges running NNE-SSW.

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

Date of upload: 15 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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