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Enclosure

Anneville Or Rathduff, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Anneville Or Rathduff, 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
Anneville Or Rathduff
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.47415, -7.33666
SMR number
WM026-059----

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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 at the base of a S-facing rise, in relatively low-lying tillage. Ringfort (WM026-058----) lies c. 75m to W. Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Monument described in 1971 as the remains of a subrectangular-shaped earthwork defined by a shallow V-shaped fosse visible along the W, N and E sides, curving at the NW and NE corners. The S portion of the monument has been intersected by a modern field bank running ENE-WSW and the fosse is not visible there. The remains of a building (WM026-059001-) are visible within the S area of the surviving portion. Two low parallel banks running NNW-SSE extend to SSE from the inner edge of the fosse towards the structure. A field description from 1976 indicates that there is some brick incorporated into the walls and fragments of brick are lying on the ground in the immediate vicinity. The modern field fence running NE-SW has been removed. No surface remains visible today of the enclosure on Digital Globe aerial photography.

See attached plan and profile surveyed and drawn by the ASI.

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

Date of upload: 02 October 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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