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
- 53.63604, -7.29912
- SMR number
- WM007-092----
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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 top of a prominent hill with good views of surrounding countryside. Ringfort (WM007-090----) 160m to NW. Low denuded monument which is almost completely levelled. Remains consist of a sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 40m N-S; 45m E-W), enclosed by a very poorly preserved earthen bank (H 0.3m) mainly reduced to a scarp and external fosse, visible only from WNW—NE (max. Wth 1.2m; D 0.35m). The interior rises slightly towards the centre, and has traces of cultivation ridges.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 16 April 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.