Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballygarran, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygarran
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.65637, -7.53026
- SMR number
- WM006-017----
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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 rise in well drained pasture-land with wide views of the surrounding countryside. Ringfort (WM006-018----) 140m to SE. A circular area (diam. 33m E-W) enclosed by a well preserved earthen bank (H 1m), overgrown with trees and scrub, with several disturbance gaps, and an external fosse. The fosse has been filled in at SW. At N & E the fosse has been deepened, creating a narrow berm between the bank and fosse. The interior slopes from NW-SE and has traces of cultivation ridges which run from NNE-WSW. A post 1700 field boundary intersects the site at S.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 26 January 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.