Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Taghmon, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Taghmon
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.60576, -7.27276
- SMR number
- WM012-072----
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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 low marshy ground surrounded by hills. Ringfort (WM012-073---) 80m to E. A sub-oval shaped area (approx. diam. 34m NE-SW) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and external fosse. The fragmentary bank is reduced to a scarp along the E side of the site. There is an entrance gap (Wth 2.9m) at N. The interior rises slightly towards the centre and has traces of cultivation ridges. Drains and water channels are visible outside the monument at N and E.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 15 February 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Sheela-na-gigunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.