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Ringfort - rath

Dungaghy, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Dungaghy, 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
Dungaghy
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.47132, -7.62447
SMR number
WM024-086----

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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 top of a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture. Monument described in 1971 as a subcircular-shaped area (dims. 27.5m N-S) enclosed by a bank and external fosse. The bank is substantial and is approximately twice as high on the outside as it is on the inside. A wide, deep fosse is visible from SW-W-N-E and is very slight from NNE-E. The outer face of the fosse appears to have been steepened in modern times from SW-W-N-NNE, where it has a modern fence along its upper edge. The ground outside the monument has been disturbed from E-S-SW owing to a dwelling and associated haggard abutting from NNE-SW. There is a large disturbance gap in the bank at N. A large gap (Wth at top 6m; basal Wth 2.2m) in the bank at E may represent an entrance. There is no definite trace of a causeway at E, however the ground has been disturbed where the gable-end of the house abuts the monument. The interior is quite uneven with rises and hollows.

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

Date of upload: 13 August 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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