Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Brownstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brownstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.66013, -7.12992
- SMR number
- WM008-038----
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 a slight natural rise in gently undulating grassland, overlooked by higher ground to the E and S, with excellent views to the W & N. Ringfort (WM008-039----) 105m to SE. A raised sub-rectangular shaped area (approx. dims. 36m N-S; 20m E-W) enclosed by a two poorly preserved earthen banks and intervening fosse. The inner bank is best preserved at N, and is levelled elsewhere. The slight fosse is visible only at N & SW, and outer bank is only visible at N. There is an entrance gap (Wth 0.9m) at W. The interior slopes from N-S. The monument has been quarried into at NE.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 20 April 2017
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.