Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Creggy, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creggy
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.52301, -7.81302
- SMR number
- WM016-006----
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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 E facing slope of a slight rise of ground in grassland, with good views from N-E-S. The field fence which marks the townland boundary with Kippin lies 25m to W. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 27m N-S; 24m E-W) enclosed by a low earth and stone bank and a slight external fosse that is only visible at N. There is an entrance gap (Wth 1.4m) at ESE. The interior slopes slightly from W-E. A field fence running ENE-WSW intersects the perimeter of the monument from SE-S.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 10 September 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.