Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Milltown (fore By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Milltown (fore By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.63867, -7.29011
- SMR number
- WM007-056----
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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 low lying wet pasture-land in undulating countryside with stream 12m to NE. Ringfort (WM007-057----) 270m to E. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. dims. 28m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by a well preserved earthen bank, which has several disturbance gaps, and narrow shallow external fosse. The interior has traces of cultivation ridges. The monument has been planted with trees. The bank and fosse may have been steepened at the time of tree planting.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 14 April 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Stone headunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.