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Ringfort - rath

Cloncrow, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Cloncrow, 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
Cloncrow
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.39915, -7.40619
SMR number
WM032-109----

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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 1978 as a ringfort situated on a small steep sided ridge, running roughly N-S, with extensive views in all directions. Ringfort (WM032-108----) located 250m to the SW. The monument was covered with vegetation making detailed examination very difficult. The monument consists of an oval-shaped area defined by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank that is best preserved at NW and from NE-E-ESE with a flat berm-like fosse and well preserved external bank. The substantial earth and stone external bank has been levelled from N-E-S. The fosse is well preserved from S-W-N and it survives is a berm like feature from ENE-E-S. There is no evidence of an entrance feature.

Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 29 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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