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Ringfort - unclassified

Gaybrook Demesne, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - unclassified, Gaybrook Demesne, 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
Gaybrook Demesne
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.46111, -7.31544
SMR number
WM026-094----

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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 slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views to SE and W. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as an oval-shaped earthwork defined by a scarp and annotated ‘fort’. Depicted on the 1876 ed. OS 6-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork enclosed by a bank. Levelled monument described in 1971 as no surface remains visible. The site is suitable for a ringfort.

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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