Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Reynella, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Reynella
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.58434, -7.17175
- SMR number
- WM013-055----
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 top of a hillock overlooked by higher ground to SW, with very good views in all other directions. The field fence which forms the townland boundary with Battstown lies 30m to N, and the field fence which forms the townland boundary with Williamstown is 30m to S. A raised circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 27m NW-SE; 25m NE-SW) enclosed by a low (H 1m) earthen bank and a shallow external fosse.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 10 April 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.