Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Brownstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brownstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.66312, -7.12093
- SMR number
- WM008-040----
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 S face of a natural slope, surrounded by undulating pasture-land, with extensive views to the N, E & S. An oval-shaped area (dims. 49m N-S x 24.2m E-W) enclosed by a well preserved earth and stone bank (max. H 2m) with slight traces of an external fosse at N. There are possible entrance gaps at WNW (Wth 2.1m) and at N (Wth 1.8m). The interior slopes from N-S.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 19 April 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.