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Ringfort - rath

Gaddaghanstown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Gaddaghanstown, 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
Gaddaghanstown
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.44774, -7.40483
SMR number
WM032-022----

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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

Monument surveyed by ASI in 1976 and described as following; 'A small roughly D-shaped enclosure (diam. 34m N-S; 35m E-W) bounded by the remains of a low earthen bank and an internal fosse, the bank is best preserved at the S-W. The bank is defaced at a number of points by animal tracks but there is no indication of an original entrance. The interior is fairly even but slopes down in the E part. No internal features are visible. The bank is overgrown with traces and there is a single tree in the W of the interior. The site is surrounded by modern field banks and fences. The fences on the S and E are very low but that on the E has probably destroyed that side of the site. The site was probably originally circular. The site is on low ground in good pasture’ (SMR File 17/08/1976).

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 14 February 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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