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Ringfort - rath

Ballinkeeny Or Mosstown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballinkeeny Or Mosstown, 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
Ballinkeeny Or Mosstown
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.46957, -7.60331
SMR number
WM024-109----

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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 rise, in pasture, with wide views of the surrounding landscape. Monument described in 1979 as a roughly circular-shaped area enclosed by a scarp and a wall. The earthen scarp is present from NE-E-S and a ruined wall is visible from SW-W-N. There is an entrance at NW. The interior is largely occupied by a long house site (WM024-109001-). There is an area of collapsed stones immediately inside the perimeter wall at N, which may represent another structure. Old field banks form a number of small enclosures outside to E. Site levelled as modern quarry now located in area where ringfort was located.

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: 21 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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