Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Ballygarvey, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygarvey
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.63042, -7.56042
- SMR number
- WM005-011002-
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 a low ridge of rock outcrop surrounded by poorly drained land which is liable to flooding. Bog land 500m to the S and SW, stream marking boundary with county Longford 280m to W. Ringfort (WM005-013----) 150m to ESE, ringfort (WM005-015----) 160m to S and possible hut site (WM005-012----) 45m to SSW. In the SW quadrant of the ringfort (WM005-011---) are the remains of a circular-shaped grass-covered mound, possibly rock outcrop. There is a smaller irregular mound of earth and stone on the top of this mound which probably represents a collapsed house site (WM005-011001-). The grass-covered wall footings of a rectangular shaped structure located W of centre appears to overlie the enclosing bank of the ringfort and is probably a later house site of unknown antiquity. Its W side is open. Its N wall extends to the upper edge of the ringfort scarp.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 20 December 2016
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.