Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Barbavilla Demesne, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barbavilla Demesne
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.63883, -7.20985
- SMR number
- WM008-057----
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 relatively low lying land surrounded by gently undulating grass-land. The monument is now located in a small tree plantation. Ringfort (WM008-056----) 280m to W. The townland boundary between with Robertstown is 10m to NE. A circular-shaped earthwork annotated 'Fort' is depicted on an estate map of Barbavilla Demesne (NLI, MS 21 F. 48 (009) ). A raised circular shaped area (diam. 27m N-S; 29m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank. There is an entrance gap (Wth 1.8m) at S. The interior rises slightly from the perimeter towards the centre. Post-1700 field fences enclose the site, and intersect the monument at SW, NW & NE.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 20 April 2017
References
NLI, MS 21 F. 48 (009) - National Library of Ireland, A map of Barbavilla demense in the barony of Fore and County of Westmeath. Names of tenants and acreage of holdings shown. Longfield Map Collection, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Fish-pondunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.