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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
53.45059, -7.58836
SMR number
WM024-157----

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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 rise of rock outcrop, in gently undulating rough pasture, with wide views in all directions, except to E. Monument described in 1971 as an oval-shaped area enclosed by a bank and external fosse with a gap (Wth at top 4.3m; basal Wth 1.6m) at E which probably represents the entrance. The bank is high and steep on the exterior, although is almost reduced to a scarp. The bank and scarp have several slight modern disturbance depressions. Large stones have been set against the base of the scarp in relatively modern times from NNE-ENE and at ESE. The slight fosse is best preserved from SW-W and is almost completely filled up from W-N-E-S-SW. The interior rises slightly from the perimeter towards the centre and is strewn with loose stone. An intermittent line of large stones is visible running NE-SW across the centre and is of unknown significance.

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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