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Moated site

Rathcore, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Rathcore, 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
Rathcore
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Partially hachured
Coordinates
53.47631, -7.48570
SMR number
WM025-096----

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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 an E-facing slope, in pasture, with moderate views in all directions. OS trig. point (390ft/119m OD) located inside monument. Moated site described as a subrectangular-shaped area enclosed by an inner bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The substantial inner earth and stone bank has been incorporated into a townland boundary running N-S along the E side and is almost reduced to a scarp along the N and S sides. The inner bank also has traces of internal and external dry stone facing and the NW and SW corners are slightly raised. The fosse is wide, shallow and flat-bottomed. The poorly preserved outer earth and stone bank is almost completely levelled at S. There are remains of internal stone facing at the NW corner and along the N side. The original entrance is not recognisable, however there is a gap at the NE and SW corners of the inner bank. The interior has a general E-facing slope and there are four house sites (WM025-096001-) within. Monument was placed on the Register of Historic Monuments on the 28/02/1989.

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

Date of upload: 23 September 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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