Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gillardstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gillardstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.64500, -7.27204
- SMR number
- WM007-059----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a slight rise in wet grassland with Yellow River 110m to SSW. Ringfort (WM007-058---) 660m to N. A circular shaped area (approx. diam. 50m N-S; 45m E-W) enclosed by a very poorly preserved earthen bank and shallow external fosse. A post 1700 field drain running ENE-WSW intersects the site at SW, and there is a modern gap at NW. The interior slopes gently from the centre to the S & SSE, and has slight traces of cultivation ridges which run N-S.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 14 April 2017
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.