Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Monroe Or Johnstown (nugent), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monroe Or Johnstown (nugent)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Partially hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.57231, -7.44077
- SMR number
- WM011-136----
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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 at the base of the W facing slope of a prominent hill in grassland with good views from SW-W. Ringfort (WM011-129----) 70m to N. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as an oval shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 23m N-S) annotated ‘fort’. The earthwork has been partially levelled on the W side. All that remains is an earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; H 0.8m) which curves from N-E-SSE. The field fence running N-S which forms the townland boundary with Johnstown transected the W side of the monument as depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. No surface evidence of enclosure on W side of townland boundary. Possible outline of levelled monument to W of townland boundary visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 29 August 2017
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.