Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballintue, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballintue
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.56854, -7.52545
- SMR number
- WM011-118----
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 rise, surrounded by grassland with commanding views of the surrounding countryside. Ringfort (WM011-117---) 350m to NW. Ringfort (WM011-119----) 380m to NE. A large, raised roughly circular-shaped area (approx. diam 46m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and a wide external fosse. The inner bank has several disturbance gaps, and the fosse is best preserved at S & E. There is an entrance gap at NE and causeway (Wth 5.7m; H 1m) across the fosse. The interior rises towards the centre, where a hay-shed has been built and occupies most of the NW side interior which is clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. A large perforated stone is visible in the SE quadrant. Field fences intersect the monument at NNW & S.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 28 August 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.