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Enclosure

Aghavoneen, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Aghavoneen, 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
Aghavoneen
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.38309, -7.81867
SMR number
WM036-006----

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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

Situated on a rise, in rough pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. Possible ringwork (WM036-005----) lies c. 22m to WSW and appears to be physically connected to the monument via a short, low ridge. Annotated 'Fort' on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map and depicted as a circular-shaped earthwork. Shown on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly triangular-shaped earthwork.
Monument described in 1973 as a raised subtriangular-shaped area (approx. dims. 38m NE-SW; 30m NW-SE) defined by a low earthen bank along a short edge to S with a return along a longer edge to SW and NW. There is a low bank at the foot of the rise which encloses the monument from ENE-E-ESE. The ground slopes away sharply to W, N and E of the monument. There is no indication of an external fosse. The interior of the earthwork is quite uneven and is strewn with stones. Monument is visible today as a roughly oval-shaped tree-covered earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Could be the remains of two ringforts (WM036-005----) as depicted on the first ed. OS 6-inch map or the remains of a ringwork with detached bailey.

Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.

Date of upload: 28 November 2019

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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