Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Sheefin, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheefin
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.59270, -7.29955
- SMR number
- WM012-128----
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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 ridge in an area of forestry plantation. Depicted as an earthwork on Larkin’s 1808 Map of Westmeath. A number of banks were noted at this location, not forming any definite pattern.
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.