Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Bananstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bananstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.65013, -7.17287
- SMR number
- WM008-059----
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 natural gentle rise surrounded by undulating grassland. Lough Adeel 850m to E. Ringfort (WM008-058----) 100m to W. The townland boundary with Johnstown intersects the W side of the site, & the townland boundary with Drumcree is immediately to the S. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as an oval shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 36m N-S; 27m E-W). This site has been almost completely levelled and only a slight scarp is visible from N-E-S .
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 21 April 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 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.