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Ringfort - rath

Raheen, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Raheen, 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
Raheen
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.45591, -7.68256
SMR number
WM024-135----

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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 level area, on a NW-facing slope of a prominent hill, in pasture, with good views to SW, NW and NE. Monument described in the 1970s as a roughly oval-shaped area (dims. 33.7m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by an inner bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The monument has been truncated across the E sector by a field boundary running NNE-SSW. There is a slight trace of a levelled inner bank from NE-E-SSE on the opposite side of the field boundary. The remains of the inner bank are only visible from SSE-W-N-NE. An intervening fosse and an earth and stone outer bank are visible from SW-WSW. The original entrance is not visible. The interior is uneven and has a gentle W-facing slope with rocky outcrop visible. A flat-topped, steep-sided bank running NE-SW across the perimeter at S extends 11m into the interior. There is a complex of slight earth and stone banks on the exterior of monument to SW and N.

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

Date of upload: 27 August 2019

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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