Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rath (moygoish By., Rathowen Ed), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rath (moygoish By., Rathowen Ed)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Partially hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.67535, -7.50149
- SMR number
- WM006-003----
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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 in gently undulating pasture land with good views in all directions. Ring-barrow (WM006-002---) 420m to W. A roughly circular area (diam. 45m N-S; 42m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and a slight fosse from E-S. The outer bank and external fosse are intersected at NE by a post-1700 field fence running NW-SE. The slightly raised interior has traces of cultivation ridges running N-S across the monument.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 26 January 2017
Nearby in the register
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.