Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Sheean (rathconrath By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheean (rathconrath By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Coordinates
- 53.55607, -7.59283
- SMR number
- WM017-121----
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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
Circular-shaped enclosure hachured as a circular grove of trees on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. May be the remains of a ringfort which was reused as a tree-ring in the post-1700 period.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Edmond O'Donovan
Date of upload: 30 October 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.