Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Ballyvade, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyvade
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Coordinates
- 53.60906, -7.45577
- SMR number
- WM011-017----
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 slight W facing slope in grassland. Ringfort (WM011-016---) 180m to NNW. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a rectilinear shaped enclosure with trees on its perimeter. Not depicted as an antiquity on any edition of the OS maps. Depicted as a small roughly square shaped field on 1911 ed. OS 25-inch map. Present remains consist of a rectangular shaped area (approx. dims. 20m NW-SE; 21m NE-SW) enclosed by a high steep bank of post-1700 appearance and slight shallow external fosse with entrance gap (Wth 5m) at NE. Shape of monument would suggest possible moated site although its depiction on the OS maps would cast doubt about its antiquity. The sharp profile of the enclosing bank would suggest that this earthwork could be the remains of a small post-1700 field.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 14 June 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.