Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynacor, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynacor
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.58474, -7.11194
- SMR number
- WM013-070----
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 high ridge with commanding views in all directions. An oval shaped area (approx. diam. 20m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by two earth and stone banks with an intervening fosse. The outer bank and fosse have been levelled at E by a field fence running N-S. There is an entrance gap (Wth 3.4m) and causeway (Wth 1.8m; H 0.35m) across the fosse at ENE. Several large tree stumps are visible in the interior, which rises towards the centre.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 13 July 2018
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.