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Ringfort - rath

Ballinaspick Or Bishopstown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballinaspick Or Bishopstown, 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
Ballinaspick Or Bishopstown
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.45979, -7.62031
SMR number
WM024-141----

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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 NE-facing slope, in gently undulating pasture, with good views to NW, NE and SE. Monument described in 1971 as a small subcircular-shaped area (dims. 30m E-W; 26.6m N-S) enclosed by a bank and external fosse. A low earthen bank is best preserved from SSE-S-W and is almost reduced to a scarp from W-N-E-SSE. The bank and scarp have several modern disturbance gaps. There are slight remains of an outer fosse which is visible from S-SW and from W-NNW. A low earthen bank crosses the fosse and intersects the foot of the scarp at WNW and appears to be a later feature. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior has a gentle NNE-facing slope. A slight depression in the NW quadrant represents the site of a souterrain (WM024-141001-).

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.

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