Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Grangegeeth, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grangegeeth
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.58436, -7.44046
- SMR number
- WM011-102----
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 small natural rise, surrounded by gently undulating grassland with good views from WSW-N. Moated site (WM011-098----) 320m to NE, possible ringfort (WM011-101----) 30m to NW. A raised oval-shaped area (approx. diam. 21m N-S) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank. The bank has been levelled from WNW-N-NE, and from NE-E-S the monument has been reduced to exterior ground level by quarrying. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible running NE-SW across the interior of the monument, which rises slightly towards the centre. The road which marks the boundary with Piercefield or Templeoran townland intersects the site at W.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 25 August 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.