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Ringfort - rath

Bolinarra, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Bolinarra, 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
Bolinarra
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Outlined
Coordinates
53.36022, -7.81495
SMR number
WM036-035----

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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 the S spur of a small hillock (200ft/61m OD), in rough pasture. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a subcircular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1977 as an oval-shaped area (dims. 53m E-W; 55m N-S) defined by a scarp. There seems to be later stone facing to the scarp at NW and from E-ESE-SSE. There is no trace of an external fosse. There is a gap in the scarp at NNE and SSE, although it is unclear which may be the original entrance. The interior has an E-facing slope with no apparent structures visible. Monument is visible today as an oval-shaped tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography, the surrounding area has been planted with modern forestry.

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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