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Ringfort - rath

Ballynakill (Clonlonan By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballynakill, 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
Ballynakill (Clonlonan By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.37277, -7.73747
SMR number
WM036-031----

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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 small hillock, in rough pasture, with extensive views to N, NE and E and overlooked by higher ground to SE and S. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork. Shown on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a long oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1973 as a raised circular-shaped area (dims. 35m NE-SW; 28m NW-SE) defined by a steep scarp (H 3-4m) with no evidence of an enclosing rounding fosse. The interior is irregular, rising unevenly towards the centre with cultivation ridges running N-S across the surface. Monument is visible today as a long oval-shaped tree-planted earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.

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

Date of upload: 29 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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