Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Brockagh, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brockagh
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.56623, -7.34657
- SMR number
- WM012-172----
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 slight natural rise, surrounded by gently undulating grassland, with good views of the surrounding countryside. Ringfort (WM012-171---) 250m to WNW. A raised circular shaped area (approx. diam. 41m NE-SW) enclosed by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is substantial, the fosse is wide and deep and the outer bank is low. There is a possible entrance gap at NE. A field fence forming the townland boundary with Culleenmore runs along the line of the outer bank at W and NW.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 9 March 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.