Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Leny, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leny
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.62044, -7.43220
- SMR number
- WM011-013----
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 E facing slop of a natural hillock in grassland with ringfort (WM011-014----) 190m to SE. A stream marking the townland boundary with Fulmort lies 80m to NE while a field fence which intersects sit at S marks the townland boundary with Knockmorris. Present remains consist of an oval shaped area (approx. diam. 43m N-S; 42m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks with an intervening fosse. The fosse is visible from W-N only. The interior has a general slope from W-E. A field fence running NE-SW which forms the townland boundary with Knockmorris intersects the perimeter of the site from SE-S, and a second field fence which runs NW-SE intersects the site from S-W. It has been suggested that this may be a barrow but the internal appears to be a ditch associated with the townland boundary.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 13 June 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.