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Ringfort - rath

Raheen, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Raheen, 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
Raheen
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.45150, -7.69117
SMR number
WM023-079----

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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 the summit of a high ridge, in pasture, with commanding views in all directions. Monument described in 1971 and 1976 as a large circular-shaped area enclosed by a bank, a counterscarp embankment, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The inner bank of earth and stone is set on a counterscarp embankment from NE-E-S-W. There is a well-defined intervening fosse which is enclosed on the exterior by a modern wall from SE-S-W. The remains of an outer bank are visible from W-N-E-SE and it has been reused as a townland boundary from SE-S-W. There is a well-preserved entrance gap and a corresponding causeway at SE. The interior has a N-facing slope and is uneven with natural rises. A house site (WM023-079001-) is visible in E quadrant, irregular-shaped depressions to the immediate W and N are of unknown significance. Outline of monument clearly visible on oblique aerial photographs taken 12/07/1966 and 20/07/1970 (CUCAP AOY057; BDU061).

See attached plan and profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.

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

Date of upload: 29 July 2019

References

CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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