Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Corbally (fore By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corbally (fore By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Latest-edition OS map
- Partially hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.70221, -7.25872
- SMR number
- WM003-074----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on rising ground in grassland, with good views from W-N-E, overlooked by higher ground to S. Ringfort (WM003-078----) 195m to S. A raised sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 21m NE-SW) enclosed by a very poorly preserved earthen bank. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible running NW-SW across the interior. A field fence running NW-SE cuts through the SW quadrant of the monument.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 23 May 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.