Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynafid, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynafid
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.60328, -7.39357
- SMR number
- WM011-070----
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 sloping ground in forestry. Railway line 300m to W. Ringfort (WM011-070----) 360m to NW. Ringfort (WM011-071---) 200m to SSE. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 46m E-W) enclosed by a substantial earth and stone bank and external fosse. The interior is flat, and is overgrown with trees. The site is now completely surrounded by forestry as can be seen on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 24 August 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.