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Ringfort - rath

Bracknahevla, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Bracknahevla, 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
Bracknahevla
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.45173, -7.59396
SMR number
WM024-156----

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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 very slight rise, in gently undulating pasture. Monument described in 1971 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 35m) enclosed by a bank and external fosse with a gap (Wth at top 3.7m; basal Wth 1.1m) at SSE which probably represents the entrance. A second gap at NE appears to be relatively modern. The earth and stone bank is steep on the exterior, although is almost reduced to a scarp and has several slight disturbance gaps. There is a modern stone wall extending along the exterior of the scarp and covering the outer lip of the fosse from W-NNW. A modern earth and stone field fence is built against the foot of the scarp from S-W. The interior is divided into two almost equal parts by a modern stone wall running ENE-WSW. There is a complex of mounds and banks of earth and stone in the N quadrant which do not form any recognisable plan.

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

Date of upload: 28 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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