Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Glenidan, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glenidan
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.66278, -7.15254
- SMR number
- WM008-032----
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. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. dims. 29m NW-SE) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank with several disturbance gaps and slight narrow external fosse. The interior slopes from NW-SE and has traces of cultivation ridges. Depicted as a circular shaped enclosure on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 19 April 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.