Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Paristown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Paristown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.64137, -6.99544
- SMR number
- WM009-028----
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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 steep hill. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 24m NW-SE; 16m NE-SW) enclosed by an earthen bank only visible from S-W, elsewhere the perimeter is formed by field fences. In the centre of the fort there is a sub-circular shaped hut site (WM009-028001-) with entrance gaps at NW & SE. Attached to the hut is semi-circular platform forming an annexe. The interior of the ringfort is divided into 5 areas by low earthen banks.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.