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Ringfort - rath

Rackavra, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Rackavra, 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
Rackavra
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.47581, -7.61148
SMR number
WM024-087----

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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 and 1979 as an oval-shaped area enclosed by a bank, a fosse and an outer bank. The bank is steep and is best preserved from ENE-E-SE and is almost reduced to a scarp from SE-S-W-N-ENE. The fosse is shallow and is visible from W-N. The remains of an outer bank are present from W-N and this appears to have been replaced by a field wall from N-E-S-W. A gap at W may represent the entrance. The interior has a slight SSE-facing slope and is occupied by hut sites (WM024-087001-) and other banks.

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: 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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