Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clonyn, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonyn
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.62002, -7.10391
- SMR number
- WM013-125----
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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 in grassland on a low glacial hillock with stream immediately to S on the demesne lands of Clonyn Castle (WM013-014001-) located c. 800m to SSW. On the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map this earthwork is located in the small townland of Clonagapple with the stream to the S marking the S boundary of this townland. On later editions of the OS maps the monument is shown standing inside the townland of Clonyn. Present remains consist of a roughly circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 40m N-S; 45m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank with traces of an external fosse cut across by later post-1700 field boundary at NNE. The enclosure or possible ringfort appears to be standing in S quadrant of a small rectangular field of post 1700 date.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Emmet Byrnes
Date of upload: 31 December 2019
Nearby in the register
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - formal gardenunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.