Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mulliganstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mulliganstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Partially hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.64332, -7.09752
- SMR number
- WM008-072----
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 top of a prominent hillock in undulating reclaimed grassland with excellent views in all directions. Stream forming townland boundary with Stonestown located 70m to S. A raised oval shaped area (approx. diam. 32m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved bank of earth and stone. The bank has been dug away at NNW. The interior rises towards the centre, and has traces of cultivation ridges which run N-S. A post 1700 field boundary running E-W intersects the monument at W. A second post-1837 field fence intersects the monument along its S & SW sides, where it forms part of the perimeter of the site.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 24 April 2017
Nearby in the register
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- Moated siteunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.