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Ringfort - unclassified

Russellstown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - unclassified, Russellstown, 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
Russellstown
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Outlined
Coordinates
53.50111, -7.30166
SMR number
WM026-017----

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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 top of a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, with extensive views to N. Russellstown House 80m to W. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork annotated ‘fort’. Monument described in 1971 as a D-shaped area (dims. 28m E-W; 18m N-S) which appears to represent the N half of an originally circular-shaped monument. It is defined by a high steep scarp (H 1.8m) from W-N-NE, which has been partially removed from NE-E. A low, linear scarp defines the straight side to S, where the site has been truncated and the S half of the monument levelled. There is no trace of an external fosse or an outer bank. The site is planted with trees. Possibly a ringfort that was re-used as a tree-ring by the occupants of Russellstown House in the post-1700 period.

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

Date of upload: 20 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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