Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derrynagarragh, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrynagarragh
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.64232, -7.24531
- SMR number
- WM007-064----
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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 in pasture-land on NE face of a slight slope, overlooked by a prominent hill to NE. Ringfort (WM007-065----) 215m to SSW. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 28m N-S; 27m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and wide external fosse, almost completely in-filled. The interior slopes slightly from NW-SE, and there are traces of cultivation ridges.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 14 April 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.