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Ringfort - rath

Balrath North (moyashel & Magheradernon By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

The record

Townland
Balrath North (moyashel & Magheradernon By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.57258, -7.18511
SMR number
WM013-084----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 low, rock-strewn hillock with good views in all directions. A large circular shaped area (diam. 44m N-S; 42m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank with shallow external fosse with entrance gap (Wth 2.4m) at SE. The interior rises towards the centre, and is uneven due to the presence of large boulders. A rectangular shaped hut site (WM013-084001- ) is visible against the interior of the bank in the SE quadrant, and a second hut site (WM013-084002- ) is visible against the interior of the bank in the NE quadrant.

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 23 July 2018

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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