Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballygarvey, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygarvey
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.62868, -7.56073
- SMR number
- WM005-015----
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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 slight natural rise on poorly drained land with good views of the surrounding countryside. Ringfort (WM005-016----) located 90m to SSE. Poorly preserved ringfort consists of a roughly circular area (diam. 29m N-S) defined by a very low earth and stone bank best preserved from S-W-NW and an external fosse only visible from S-W-NW. No trace of any entrance feature. The interior is uneven with stones and small boulders projecting from the surface. The interior is bisected by a bank and fosse running NE-SW through the centre. The interior is fairly level and has been cut by a number of later shallow trenches, probably drainage features. The enclosing bank has been levelled from SE-S.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 19 December 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.