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Ringfort - rath

Duneel, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Duneel, 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
Duneel
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.49990, -7.63833
SMR number
WM024-009----

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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 just S of the summit of a prominent hill, in pasture with excellent views to E and SW. Monument described in 1971 as an oval-shaped area (33m N-S; 28.8m E-W) enclosed by a low poorly preserved bank and shallow external fosse best visible from WSW-W-NNW. The scarp and a portion of the interior have been quarried away from S-SW-WSW. There is a slight gap (Wth at top 8m; basal Wth 3.6m) in the bank at E, however this may not be the original entrance. The interior has a very gentle N-facing slope and a small area of rock outcrop toward the centre.

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

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

Date of upload: 30 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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