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Ringfort - rath

Killarecastle, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Killarecastle, 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
Killarecastle
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.48247, -7.58742
SMR number
WM024-052----

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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 SE-facing slope, in pasture with good views to NNW and SSE. Monument described in 1971 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 26.4m) enclosed by a low earth and stone bank visible from SSE-S-W-N-NE, reduced to a scarp from SSE-S-SSW, disturbed in places and has been removed from NE-E-SSE. A possible entrance gap (Wth at top 1.9m; basal Wth 0.8m) in the bank at SW is defined on the SE side by two stones set on edge. The interior has a slight NNW-facing slope. Outline of monument visible on oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP AOY067) taken 12/07/1966.

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

Date of upload: 12 August 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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