Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Galmoylestown Upper, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Galmoylestown Upper
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.59376, -7.32195
- SMR number
- WM012-113----
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 gentle SSE facing slope of a high prominent hill with good views to NE, E, S and W. Earthwork (WM012-055----) 200m to NW. Poorly preserved almost completely levelled monument consisting of a circular shaped area (approx. diam. 41m) defined by the slightest remains of an enclosing fosse. A concave depression in S quadrant of interior represents the remains of an old quarry. Cropmark of levelled ringfort visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 19 February 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.