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Ringfort - rath

Carrick (Fartullagh By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Carrick, 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
Carrick (Fartullagh By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.46024, -7.35990
SMR number
WM026-080----

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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 a small rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Monument described in 1971 as a much disturbed oval-shaped area (28.5m NE-SW; approx. 18m NW-SE) enclosed by a bank with external fosse. The bank is steep on the exterior and is almost reduced to a scarp. An ESB pole stands in the bank at ENE. There are faint traces of a wide external fosse. The perimeter has been quarried from NW-N and from E-S-SSW. A gap (Wth at top 3.2m; basal Wth 1.6m) in the bank at NNE may represent the entrance. There is no visible trace of a causeway but the fosse is barely traceable at this point. The interior has a slight E-facing slope with no visible features of significance.

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

Date of upload: 04 November 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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