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Ringfort - rath

Laragh (Moycashel By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Laragh, 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
Laragh (Moycashel By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.42005, -7.60391
SMR number
WM031-080----

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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 slight rise, in pasture, with good views to E, W and towards Knockastia to N. Ringfort (WM031-081----) lies c. 55m to SE. Monument described in 1977 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 29m) enclosed by an earthen bank and a potential external fosse. The bank is best preserved from NNE-NE-ENE, from SSW-SW-WSW and from WNW-NW-NNW and it is absent from E-ESE-SE-SSE. There are traces of a possible fosse from NW-N-NE-ENE. A low bank is visible from NW-N-NE-ENE outside the fosse, but this seems to be a later feature and possibly part of an old field boundary. A modern field bank runs roughly NW-SE past the edge of the site at E. There are shallow gaps in the bank from NW-N and NE, although there is no indication of an original entrance. The interior is fairly level across the NW half and has a gentle SE-facing slope across the remainder. There are no obvious features visible. Monument is visible today as a roughly circular-shaped tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.

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

Date of upload: 22 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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