Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Froghanstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Froghanstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.62984, -7.27742
- SMR number
- WM007-100----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 E facing slope of steeply rising ground. Bishops Lough 140m to NNE. Townland boundary with Ranahinch immediately to NW. Ringfort (WM007-096---) 215m to SW. Circular shaped area (diam. 32m N-S) enclosed by a low earth and stone bank, shallow fosse with low external bank and outer berm (Wth 2-10m). The townland boundary intersects the berm from NW-N. Entrance gap visible at NE.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 April 2017
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.