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Ringfort - rath

Porterstown (Napper), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Porterstown (Napper), 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
Porterstown (Napper)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Outlined
Latest-edition OS map
Partially hachured
Coordinates
53.50152, -7.17810
SMR number
WM027-010----

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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 SW-facing slope, in gently undulating pasture. Monument described in 1976 as a roughly circular-shaped area (dims. 39.5m E-W; 39m N-S) enclosed by a bank and external fosse. The earthen bank is best preserved from NE-E and at SW and is almost reduced to a scarp elsewhere. The bank has been dug away on the exterior at WNW. The wide fosse is best preserved from NNW-N-E. An entrance gap (Wth at top 4.8m; Wth at base 1.6m) and causeway (Wth at top 1.5m; overall Wth 4.2m; H 0.35m) are visible at NE. The interior has a WSW-facing slope and a possible souterrain (WM027-010001-) is visible in the SSW quadrant.

See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.

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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