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Ringfort - rath

Catherinestown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Catherinestown, 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
Catherinestown
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.48084, -7.29743
SMR number
WM026-039----

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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 low hillock with good views in all directions. Ringfort (WM026-038----) 160m to NNW, Kilronan church (WM026-037001-) and graveyard (WM026-037001-) 140m to SSW, building (WM026-035----) 380m to W and standing stone (WM026-036----) 320m to WNW. Large slightly raised circular-shaped area (diam. 43.5m N-S x 47m SE-NW) enclosed by a low earth and stone bank, fosse and traces of a poorly preserved external bank visible at NW and SSE only. A wide gap (Wth 6.2m) at E now blocked by modern field fence may represent the original entrance feature. The inner bank is best preserved from SE-E-W, elsewhere it has been reduced to a scarp. The bank has several modern gaps due to agricultural activity. A portion of the bank and scarp have been dug away from N-NE, at NE and SW. The enclosing elements of the ringfort have been levelled at E by a post-1900 field fence running N-S. This field boundary is not depicted on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map or on the revised 1911 ed. OS 25-inch map.

See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 23 January 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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