Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynameagh, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynameagh
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.71443, -7.33607
- SMR number
- WM003-034----
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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 a low natural rise in fairly well drained pasture land, with moderate views of the surrounding countryside. Rock of Curry and Hill of Mael visible from the site. D-shaped area (diam. 43m N-S) with straight side at W enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank with slight traces of a shallow fosse and external bank only visible from SW-W-N-NE. Entrance gap at SE. The interior is quite uneven with a gentle rise towards the centre. From the centre the ground slopes quite appreciably to the bank at E, S & SE. In the SW quadrant of the interior, a triangular shaped depression may be the result of post-1700 quarrying.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 4 January 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.