Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynacroghy Or Gallowstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynacroghy Or Gallowstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.59655, -7.51142
- SMR number
- WM011-045----
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 natural rise, surrounded by low lying land to SW & N, with good views from S-W-NW. The gently undulating grass-land which surrounds the site rises gently to the N, NE & E. St. Bigseach's Well (WM011-047----) 200m to NNE, mound barrow (WM011-046----) 30m to ENE and ringfort (WM011-048----) 275m to SE. The stream which marks the townland boundary with Kilbixy is 45m to NW. A small clustered settlement annotated as 'Clontane' on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map lies 180m to SW.
A natural rise that has been enhanced to produce an oval-shaped raised area (approx. diam. 44m N-S; 38m E-W) enclosed by a two substantial earthen banks and intervening fosse with a slight external fosse. The inner bank is visible from SE-S-W and is levelled elsewhere. The inner fosse has been filled in at WSW. The outer bank has been steepened from N-SE, and is almost completely levelled from E-ESE. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible running roughly E-W across the interior of the monument. A large stone is visible jutting through the surface of the ground near the centre of the interior, and two other flat stones lie on the surface nearby.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 18 August 2017
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.