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Ringfort - rath

Toorlisnamore, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, 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
Partially hachured
Coordinates
53.40336, -7.49482
SMR number
WM032-100----

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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 a ringfort that is situated on top of a low rise of ground in good pastureland with good views to the SE and S. Possible ringfort (WM032-099----) located 90m to the NW. The monument consists of a small circular-shaped area (diam. c. 29m N-S; c. 31m E-W) defined by a scarp with no evidence of an enclosing bank or external fosse. A modern silage pit has been constructed just outside the monument on the SE side. The perimeter of the monument has been damaged by livestock poaching from SE-S. There is no evidence of an original entrance feature. The interior is uneven and slopes upwards from the perimeter to the centre. Depicted as a circular shaped monument on the first edition of the OS 6-inch. The curving field fence forming the S boundary of the monument that is indicated on the revised editions of the OS 6-inch map represents the S bank of the ringfort. A field boundary running N from NE quadrant of ringfort that is depicted on the revised edition of the OS 6-inch map has since been removed.

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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