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Ringfort - unclassified

Toorlisnamore, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - unclassified, Toorlisnamore, 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
Toorlisnamore
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.40369, -7.49672
SMR number
WM032-099----

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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

Described in 1977 as an enclosure that is situated on top of an oval shaped natural hillock with ringfort (WM032-100----) 90m to the SSE. The enclosure consists of an oval-shaped area defined by a drystone wall running around the base of the hillock which is best preserved at E. There are traces of an old field fence running E-W across the hillock on its S side. This enclosure is depicted on the first edition OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped enclosure with the straight side forming the W side of the enclosure. On this map a small field is located immediately to the W with the straight side of the enclosure forming the E boundary of the adjoining field. A smaller field is located immediately to the S of the enclosure. This enclosure is not depicted on the revised editions of the OS 6-inch maps which depicts the area as an irregular-shaped tree plantation (dims. c. 46m N-S; 36m E-W). There are still some pine trees growing on top of the hillock which belong to this plantation. The planting of the trees in the late 19th / early 20th century resulted in the degradation of the enclosing feature of this monument.

Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 28 March 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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