Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Balreagh, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balreagh
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.58219, -7.24722
- SMR number
- WM012-162----
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
No surface remains visible. Cropmark of circular shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 60m N-S; 65m E-W) visible on oblique aerial photograph taken in 1968 (CUCAP AVO064). Faint cropmark visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Small quarry pit depicted at this location on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 8 March 2018
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.