Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballallen, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballallen
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Partially hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.59664, -7.53882
- SMR number
- WM010-010----
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 a slight rise with good views of the surrounding countryside. A large oval shaped area (approx. diam. 52m NW-SE; 42m NE-SW) defined by a scarp and a shallow external fosse. The interior contains traces of cultivation ridges. From NW-SE the interior of the monument has been impacted by the planting of trees, and the perimeter has been intersected by the driveway to the dwelling house at NE.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 7 June 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.