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Ringfort - rath

Ardan,Grange And Kiltober, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ardan, Grange And Kiltober, 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
Ardan,Grange And Kiltober
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.35224, -7.44745
SMR number
WM038-030----

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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 low hill, in pasture, with wide views of the surrounding landscape. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped enclosure. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly oval-shaped enclosure bisected by a townland boundary running N-S, the E half of the monument being completely levelled in the townland of Ardan. The W half of the earthwork in the townland of Grange and Kiltober survives as a roughly D-shaped area (dims. 32m N-S) enclosed by a low earthen bank with an external fosse. This bank and fosse are visible from S-W-NNW. The fosse has been partly infilled with debris and stones. The surviving W half of the monument is obscured by scrub today on Digital Globe aerial photography and there is no trace of the E half.

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

Date of upload: 18 December 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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