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Ringfort - rath

Gorteen (Fartullagh By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 1st edition (1829–1842) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Gorteen, County Westmeath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 1st edition (1829–1842), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Gorteen (Fartullagh By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Outlined
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.48283, -7.33501
SMR number
WM026-030----

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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 rocky grassland on S facing slope of low ridge running E-W with good views of surrounding countryside. Ringfort (WM026-031----) with souterrain (WM026-031001-) 285m to SSE, second ringfort (WM026-027---) 425m to N. Mass rock (WM026-125----) 260m to WNW. Ruins of late 19th century farmhouse built onto S side of ringfort as depicted on the 1912 ed. OS 6-inch map. Site interior now inaccessible due to dense cover of vegetation. Remains consist of a raised roughly circular-shaped platform (approx. diam. 45m NE-SW; 38m NW-SE) enclosed by a bank reduced to a scarp in places and external fosse.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 30 August 2018

Nearby in the register

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

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