Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gillardstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gillardstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.65090, -7.27416
- SMR number
- WM007-058----
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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 natural ridge in pasture-land with good views of surrounding countryside. Ringfort (WM007-036----) 50m to NW. A sub-circular raised area (35m N-S; 38m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank, almost completely levelled at W. The interior rises towards the centre, and has slight traces of cultivation ridges. A post-1837 NE-SW field boundary intersects the monument at E.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 14 April 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.