Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Simonstown (rathconrath By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Simonstown (rathconrath By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.54637, -7.51327
- SMR number
- WM018-037001-
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 small natural hill, in undulating pasture, with extensive views in all directions. In NW quadrant of ringfort (WM018-037----) are the remains of a rectangular-shaped house site (dims. 5.6m NE-SW; 4.9m NW-SE) defined by a low bank of earth and stone. There is a gap (Wth 2m) in the bank at SE which may represent an entrance.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 11 January 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.