Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Balrath (fore By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balrath (fore By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.74004, -7.31726
- SMR number
- WM001-034----
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 N facing slope of rising ground at NW foot of the ‘Hill of Mael’ with good views of the surrounding countryside. Roughly circular raised area (diam. 25m) enclosed by an earthen bank (H c. 2.5m) and external fosse (Wth c. 2.5m; D c. 1.2m) visible from SW-W-N, with traces of an external bank only visible from N-E. A post-1700 field wall runs along the line of the fosse from E-S-SW. The scarp is considerably higher on the N side, and the interior slopes unevenly down to the 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
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.