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Ringfort - rath

Lisdossan, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Lisdossan, 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
Lisdossan
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.50277, -7.79546
SMR number
WM023-005----

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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 relatively low-lying wet pasture which is overlooked by higher ground to NE and a high ridge to SW. Monument described in 1971 and 1976 as a small suboval-shaped area (dims. 39m NE-SW; 30m NW-SE) defined by a very low, yet sharp scarp (H 0.4m), which is straight from W-N. There is no visible trace of an external fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. The interior rises gently from the perimeter toward the centre and has vague traces of cultivation ridges running NE-SW.

See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by ASI.

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

Date of upload: 17 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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