Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carlanstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carlanstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.74732, -7.32912
- SMR number
- WM001-030----
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 a steep gravel ridge with excellent views of undulating countryside to W and NW. Roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 16m N-S; 17m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank best preserved from SSE-S-W elsewhere reduced to a scarp and shallow external fosse only visible from SSW-W with possible entrance gap (Wth 3.4-7m) at E. Traces of an external bank visible at SW only. The interior of the ringfort is relatively even sloping slightly from S-N.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 November 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.