Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynagall (delvin By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynagall (delvin By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.65237, -7.18975
- SMR number
- WM008-029----
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 on the E facing slope of a low ridge which runs from NW-SE in wet pasture-land, with good views of undulating land to NE, E & SE. Stream 95m to N which marks townland boundary with Johnstown. Trackway (WM008-028----) 320m to W. A large slightly raised sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 76m N-S; 74m E-W) enclosed by a fragmentary earthen bank, levelled from W-N, a slight fosse and low counter-scarp bank. There is a possible entrance gap (Wth 2.9m) at S. The interior slopes gently from WSW-ENE and has traces of cultivation ridges which run WNW-ESE. A field boundary running N-S intersects the monument from ENE-E-SSE.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 19 April 2017
Nearby in the register
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.