Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tevrin, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tevrin
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured, Rathmore
- Coordinates
- 53.57293, -7.20538
- SMR number
- WM013-080----
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 natural hillock in gently undulating grassland, with good views all around. Ringfort (WM013-078---) 140m to N. Remains consist of a sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 24m E-W) enclosed by two low earth and stone banks with an intervening fosse. There is an entrance gap (Wth 2.2m) at ESE. A large house site (WM013-080001-) is visible in the interior.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 23 July 2018
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 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.