Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gigginstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gigginstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.60019, -7.21048
- SMR number
- WM013-022----
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 wide ridge with good views of the surrounding grassland. The road which marks the townland boundary with Clondalever lies 30m to NW. Ringfort (WM013-024---) 360m to SE. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 33m NE-SW) enclosed by an earth and stone bank with an entrance gap (Wth 2.5m) at SW. The perimeter has been dug into in the NW quadrant. Some low mounds of stone are visible at the centre of the interior, which slopes gently from the centre towards WSW.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 4 April 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 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.