Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Balrath (corkaree By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balrath (corkaree By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.58623, -7.42740
- SMR number
- WM011-105----
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 NNE facing slope, surrounded by hilly grassland with Lough Owel visible 800m to E. Ring-barrow (WM011-104----) 350m to SSE. The stream/drain which marks the townland boundary with Mountmurray lies 28m to N. A raised oval-shaped area (approx. diam. 25m N-S; 28.5m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and slight external fosse. The fosse is visible from NNW-N-E-SE. A large gap at SE appears to be the result of disturbance. The interior is uneven and contains small dumps of soil and stones and some shallow areas of disturbance.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 25 August 2017
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.