Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Portnashangan, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Portnashangan
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.58210, -7.37531
- SMR number
- WM012-215----
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 in grassland, overlooking the E shoreline of Lough Owel 310m to W. Barrow (WM012-101----) 135m to NNW and ringfort (WM012-102----) 100m to SSE. Small circular-shaped enclosure visible on Lidar TII imagery. No surface remains visible of levelled enclosure.
See attached Lidar image showing enclosure provided by Brian Doyle
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Brian Doyle
Date of upload: 18 February 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.