Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Downs, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Downs
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.58753, -7.25836
- SMR number
- WM012-153----
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 prominent rise in gently undulating grassland, with good views. The stream which marks the townland boundary with Monkstown lies 110m to W. An oval shaped area (approx. diam. 30m N-S; 40m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and a shallow external fosse visible from NNW-NNE. The interior rises towards the centre, where two trenches have been excavated, which appear to be of recent origin. The perimeter has also been quarried into at ENE. There is a possible entrance gap (Wth 2.6m) at ESE.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 8 March 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.