Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Farthingstown (rathconrath By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farthingstown (rathconrath By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.52034, -7.54745
- SMR number
- WM017-102001-
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 rise, in undulating pasture. Within SW quadrant of ringfort (WM017-102----) a rectangular-shaped area (dims. 6.5m E-W; 5.5m N-S) enclosed by the poorly preserved remains of earth and stone banks. These incorporate rock outcrop and have been disturbed by deposits of field clearance stones in places. The interior has an almost square-cut base suggesting a house site. The remains of an earthen bank (L 11.6m; Wth 0.8m) incorporating some large stones set on end, extends from the NE corner of the house site to the perimeter of the ringfort interior at NNW.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 09 January 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 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.