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Ringfort - rath

Anneville Or Rathduff, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, 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
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.46992, -7.34367
SMR number
WM026-065----

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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 an elevated area 145m SW of Anneville House, in pasture with extensive views to S, W and N. Ringfort (WM026-066----) lies c. 95m to S. Depicted on the revised 1837 OS 6-inch map as a small oval-shaped tree-lined earthwork. Monument described in 1976 as a roughly circular-shaped area (dims. 21m N-S) enclosed by a bank and external fosse. A low earthen bank is visible from SW-W-N-NE. There are traces of a shallow outer fosse from SE-S-W-N-NE. A small disturbance mound is located at NE. There is no trace of an original entrance and there are no internal features.

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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