Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Paristown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Paristown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.64002, -6.99805
- SMR number
- WM009-027----
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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 gently undulating grassland. Ringfort (WM009-026---) 140m to NW. Present remains consist of a poorly preserved D-shaped area (approx. diam. 26m N-S; 20m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank. The perimeter of the site has been destroyed by quarrying from ENE-S-WSW. On the E & N sides the perimeter of the monument is intersected by field fences. In the S quadrant is a circular steep-sided depression with a long depression extending N from its N side which may represent the remains of a souterrain although this is not certain. At the centre of the site are the remains of a conjoined hut site (WM009-027001-), visible as a rectangular and a circular hollow. The circular hollow (diam. 3.2m; D 0.7m) is centrally located, with the adjoining rectangular hollow (diam. 1.8m NE-SW; 1.5m NW-SE; D 0.8m) on its NW side.
See attached plan of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 16 May 2017
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.