Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mabestown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mabestown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.63323, -7.13806
- SMR number
- WM008-087----
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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 slight natural rise overlooked by a hillock to the NW. Earthwork (WM008-088----) 250m to SE. A raised sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 30m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening space (no fosse). The inner bank is poorly preserved, and has an entrance gap (Wth 2.8m) at NE. The outer bank is visible only from SW-NW. The interior rises slightly towards the centre. In the W quadrant a trench has been dug into the inner bank, and the sub-triangular platform outside it appears to be upcast spoil.
See attached plan of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 24 April 2017
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.