Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Paddinstown Lower, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Paddinstown Lower
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.56938, -7.57544
- SMR number
- WM010-029----
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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
In grassland, ringfort (WM010-028----) 200m to NNW. Present remains consist of a circular-shaped area (diam. c. 36m) enclosed by a bank with gap at NE visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 21 August 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.