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Ringfort - rath

Russellstown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, 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
Hachured
Coordinates
53.49727, -7.29909
SMR number
WM026-021----

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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 NE-facing slope, in gently undulating pasture, with good views to NE and E, landscaped tree-ring 120m to SSE . Monument described as a subcircular-shaped area (diam. 42.5m NE-SW; 35m NW-SE) enclosed by a low earth and stone bank. There is no visible trace of an external fosse. The bank is best preserved from ESE-S-SW and is almost completely reduced to a scarp from SW-W-N-E-ESE. There is a very wide gap at SW, although a gap (Wth at top 6.7m; basal Wth 2.4m) at E seems to be the most likely as the original entrance. The interior has a gentle ENE-facing slope with faint traces of cultivation ridges running ENE-WSW. A small mound with steep sides is located in the NE quadrant and is either a modern feature or a grass covered rock.

See attached profile surveyed and drawn by the ASI.

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

Date of upload: 30 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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