Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Money, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Money
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.76883, -7.32311
- SMR number
- WM001-009----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on top of a natural rise of ground with good views in all direction. Ringfort (WM001-011----) located 260m to NE, ringfort (WM001-010----) 160m to SSE, and levelled ringfort (WM001-008---) 120m to SSW. Bi-vallate ringfort consisting of a circular area (diam. 31m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank mainly reduced to a scarp and shallow fosse with flat-topped broad external bank with traces of an outer fosse visible at NNW and E. A gap (Wth 1.5-5.6m) at SE probably represents the original entrance feature. The interior is quite uneven rising from the perimeter to the centre. Some large stones protrude from the centre of the site which probably represents natural rock outcrop although it may represent the remains of a possible house site.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 15 November 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.