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Ringfort - rath

Kilbride, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Kilbride, 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
Kilbride
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Partially hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.43786, -7.33638
SMR number
WM033-014----

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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

On slight SE facing slope, with good views from ENE-E-S and to SW. Large D-shaped area (diam. 61.3m NNE-SSW; 47.5m WNW-ESE) defined by slight remains of an earthen bank mainly reduced to a scarp and wide deep fosse best preserved from W-NNW. The straight side of the D-shaped area is at NNE. No entrance feature visible. On the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map the monument is depicted as an irregular shaped area which is missing the enclosing element from N-NE. On this map the straight sided enclosing element at NE is defined by a post-1700 field boundary running NW-SE. Traces of cultivation ridges can be seen running across the interiorn of the monument.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 26 July 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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