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Ringfort - rath

Bryanstown, County Westmeath, Ireland

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Townland
Bryanstown
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.49582, -7.45162
SMR number
WM025-023----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a slight rise, in pasture, with good views of Lough Ennell to SE. Earthworks (WM025-024----) lie c. 180m to NE. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1971 as a roughly circular-shaped area enclosed by a bank with no clear entrance feature visible. There are gaps in the bank at NE and ESE and it has been modified from NE-ESE with a trench on the inner side of the bank to form a later field boundary. Monument clearly visible on oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP AOZ009/10) taken 12/07/1966. Monument described in 1976 as no surface remains visible. No surface remains visible today of levelled monument on Digital Globe aerial photographs.

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

Date of upload: 05 September 2019

References

CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com

Nearby in the register

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

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