Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Ranaghan, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ranaghan
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured, Rathniska
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured, Rathniska
- Coordinates
- 53.64246, -7.23581
- SMR number
- WM008-053----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a very slight natural rise on low lying marshy land. The surrounding hilly and undulating grass-land rises from the site in all directions. The townland boundary with Ballybeg is 60m to SW. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as ‘Rathniska’. Poorly preserved monument almost completely levelled. Remains consist of a sub-rectangular shaped area (approx. dims. 50m NE-SW; 48m E-W) enclosed by a wide external fosse (max. Wth 7.2m). The fosse is only visible along the NE side of the monument, and a short segment at SW.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 20 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.