Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynacor,martinstown (delvin By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynacor,martinstown (delvin By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.58954, -7.09976
- SMR number
- WM013-067----
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 SE facing slope of hillock, with good views from SE-S. A large sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 38m NE-SW) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (max. H 1m) and a shallow external fosse. There is an entrance gap (Wth 1.4m) at WSW. The interior slopes from NNE-SSW. Several depressions are visible in the interior. A field fence running N-S, which also marks the townland boundary with Martinstown runs across the E quadrant of the interior.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 13 July 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Flat cemeteryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.