Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Emmel West, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Emmel West
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.91806, -8.01932
- SMR number
- OF044-008----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on flat land in upland area. E side of site is destroyed by modern field fence. Semicircular raised area (diam 35m N-S) enclosed by earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m) with no evidence of an external fosse or entrance feature. Depicted as semicircular enclosure on the 1912 edition of the OS 6-inch map.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.