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Ringfort - rath

Carrickobreen, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Carrickobreen, 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
Carrickobreen
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.39849, -7.92668
SMR number
WM029-032----

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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 low rise, in low-lying pasture, on the E floodplain of the River Shannon. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 78m NW-SE; 42m NE-SW). Levelled monument described in 1973 as a fairly large oval-shaped area defined by a low, irregular scarp. There is no trace of an enclosing bank or external fosse. The interior is generally even and is partly overgrown with bushes. Monument is visible as an oval-shaped tree-planted earthwork on OSi aerial photography. According to local information, the monument is often completely surrounded by water, as seen on Digital Globe aerial photography. A stone which is locally believed to be the inauguration stone (WM029-032001-) of the O'Brien clan is located close to NW, on the bank of the River Shannon.

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

Date of upload: 07 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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