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Ringfort - unclassified

Oldtown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - unclassified, Oldtown, 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
Oldtown
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.40878, -7.31623
SMR number
WM033-046----

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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 a low natural rise of ground in gently undulating pasture. Levelled ringfort consisting of a large oval shaped area (diam. c. 56m NW-SE; 39m NE-SW defined by a cropmark visible on the ground as a narrow zone (Wth 4m) of differential vegetation growth. Patches of gravelly earth visible in the interior of the monument may mark the site of a levelled house. Depicted as an oval-shaped enclosure, the E side of which is intersected by a townland boundary between Oldtown and Farthingstown (Fartullagh By.) running N-S, on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Marked 'Fort' on the OS Fair Plan map of the parish of Castlelost (SMR File).

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 24 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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