Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ranaghan, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ranaghan
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.64698, -7.22141
- SMR number
- WM008-050----
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 but elevated natural rise in grass-land, overlooked by higher ground to the E, SW & WNW. Ringfort (WM008-052----) 55m to ESE. Ringfort (WM008-051----) 190m to S. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 28m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and slight external fosse. The bank is best preserved from N-ENE and is almost completely levelled elsewhere. A field boundary intersects the monument from N-NE. The external fosse is only visible from W-N. There are traces of cultivation ridges running NW-SE across the interior.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 20 April 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.