Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Parsonstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Parsonstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.59232, -7.30557
- SMR number
- WM012-124----
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 E facing slope of rising ground in grassland, with good views to the NE and SE. Ringfort (WM012-125---) 125m to NE. A large sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 42m N-S; 37m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is substantial, and has several gaps. The fosse appears to have been steepened in places where it has been incorporated into field fences, and the outer bank is low. There is an entrance gap (Wth 2.5m) and slight causeway across the fosse at E. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible in the interior, which slopes from W-E. A field fence running N-S intersects the W side of the monument, and a field fence running E-W intersects the S side of the monument.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 6 March 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.