Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Reynella, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Reynella
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.57072, -7.17219
- SMR number
- WM013-094----
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 the NE face of a small prominent hillock. Souterrain (WM013-093----) 320m to W, ringfort (WM013-085----) 180m to NNW. Remains consist of a raised sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 24m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by a well preserved earth and stone bank with a wide external fosse that has been in-filled from ENE-SSW. There is an entrance gap (Wth 2.2m) at ESE. The interior slopes slightly to ESE. Traces of a large rectangular house (WM013-094001-) are visible to W of centre.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 24 July 2018
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.