Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinphort, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinphort
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.63704, -7.36305
- SMR number
- WM007-042----
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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 ridge in pasture-land. Ringfort (WM007-041----) 220m to NE. Ringfort (WM007-069----) 90m to SE. An oval shaped raised area (approx. diam. 27m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank from NW-N-SE, and a shallow fosse at NW-N-E-SE. Possible entrance gap at NE. The interior rises gently towards the centre. The monument has been planted with trees.
See attached section of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 13 April 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.