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Ringfort - rath

Mahonstown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Mahonstown, 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
Mahonstown
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.45159, -7.29515
SMR number
WM026-099----

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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 extensive views to SE. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1971 as a large subtriangular-shaped area (59.5m NNW-SSE; 45m ENE-WSW) enclosed by a bank, a fosse and an outer bank. The inner bank is steep on the exterior and is almost reduced to a scarp. It has disturbance gaps at NNW and N. The intervening fosse is wide and deep and has a small animal pen at NNE. The substantial outer bank is well preserved from SE-S-W-N-N and is very slight from NNE-E-SE. It has a gap at W and N and a slight disturbance gap at NNW. A large portion has been removed from N-NNE along with a large area of ground outside it which has been quarried. A gap (Wth at top 5.6m; basal Wth 2.6m) in the inner bank and a very slight gap (Wth at top 4.3m; basal Wth 2.4m) in the outer bank at SE, which is partially blocked by two relatively loose, may represent the entrance. The interior has a gentle ENE-facing slope with a house site (WM026-099001-) in the S quadrant. Other slight scarps and depressions within do not form any recognisable plan and may be natural features.

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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