Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cummerstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cummerstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.64925, -7.14923
- SMR number
- WM008-062----
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 natural rise in undulating grassland. Bog 35m to SW. Lough Adeel 450m to W. A sub-triangular shaped area (approx. dims. 58m NE-SW; 36m NW-SE) enclosed by two earthen banks and intervening fosse. The inner bank has been levelled along the W side of the monument. The outer bank is visible only from S-W. There is an entrance gap (Wth 1.5m) and causeway (Wth 3.5m; H 0.5m) across the fosse at S. The interior rises slightly towards the centre, and there are traces of cultivation ridges. A post-1837 field fence running NW-SE intersects the monument from N-NE. Another field fence running N-S intersects the monument at NW & W.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 21 April 2017
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.