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
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.67053, -7.50603
- SMR number
- WM006-009----
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 steep narrow ridge, surrounded by gently undulating pasture-land with excellent views to the W, N and E. Ringfort (WM006-010----) 180m to the S. A partially levelled sub-circular area (diam. 25m NS; 21m EW) defined by a poorly preserved bank from SW-W-N and elsewhere by crop-mark, represented by a band of vegetation (Wth 6m). A levelled field boundary running NE-SW intersects the site at SE. The interior is slightly uneven, with a slight slope from NE-SW and is crossed by cultivation ridges running NNE-SSW. Limekiln depicted on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map immediately N of the ringfort. This levelled kiln is depicted as a hachured mound on the revised 1911 ed. OS 6-inch map.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 23 December 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.