Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tonashammer, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tonashammer
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.73242, -7.24034
- SMR number
- WM004-002----
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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 natural rise of ground on poorly drained grassland with Lough Doo 90m to SE. Motte and bailey castle (WM004-001---) 520m to N. A sub-circular slightly raised area (approx. diam. 25m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank (approx. Wth 4.5m), enclosed by a shallow fosse visible from W-NW only with a low bank outside this. No trace of a fosse on other sides of the ringfort. A gap (Wth 1.9m) in the bank at NE may represent the entrance. The outline of a circular hut site (WM004-002001-) is visible in the NW quadrant. Depressions and hollows in the uneven interior appear to be due to modern disturbance. An earthen bank of unknown antiquity sub-divides the NW quadrant of the ringfort interior.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 12 December 2016
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.