Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Emper, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Emper
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured, Rathduff
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured, Rathduff
- Coordinates
- 53.59984, -7.57231
- SMR number
- WM010-008----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in grassland on the SE face of a gently rising hill with good views from E-S–SW. Flat cemetery (WM010-009----) 25m to SE. A slightly raised circular area (approx. diam. 25m. NW-SE) sloping slightly from N-S, enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank. The bank has been levelled from NE-SSE. At SSE three stones set on edge to form a revetment to the inside of the bank and a large upright flagstone may represent one side of an entrance feature. There is an entrance to a souterrain (WM010-008001-) in the N side of the interior. Built into the souterrain wall is a long stone decorated with prehistoric rock art (WM010-008002-).
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 6 June 2017
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Flat cemeteryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.