Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynacor, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynacor
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.58554, -7.10623
- SMR number
- WM013-073----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on SE facing slope of a large hill in grassland with good views all around. A large circular slightly raised area (approx. diam. 40m NW-SE; 39m NE-SW) enclosed by two earthen banks, an intervening fosse and an outer fosse. The inner bank is well preserved; the outer bank is visible from NW-NE and from SE-SW, with a slight outer fosse from NE-NW. There is a possible entrance gap (Wth 1.5m) at SE. The interior slopes gently from N-S.
See attached plan and 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
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.