Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tuitestown (fore By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tuitestown (fore By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.61459, -7.25711
- SMR number
- WM012-016----
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 low rise in grassland with good views of the surrounding countryside. A stream which marks the townland boundary with Gartlandstown lies 70m the W. Ringfort (WM012-015----) 210m to W. Present remains consist of a raised oval-shaped area (approx. diam. 22m N-S; 17m E-W) enclosed by two earth and stone banks with slight remains of an intervening fosse with causewayed entrance gap (Wth 1.4m) at SW. The inner bank is well preserved, while the outer bank is only visible from SW to W. The interior rises slightly towards the centre.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 15 November 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 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.