Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Parcellstown (moygoish By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Parcellstown (moygoish By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.54416, -7.46006
- SMR number
- WM018-076----
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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 the SE side of a slight rise, in relatively low-lying pasture, surrounded by gently undulating terrain. This area appears to have been liable to floods prior to drainage in the 1970s. Ringfort (WM018-075----) lies c. 10m to NW. Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map.
Monument described in 1975 as a penannular-shaped area (approx. dims. 18m NE-SW; 17m NW-SE) defined by an inner fosse, an outer bank and open to SE. The inner fosse is wide, shallow and U-shaped and evident from SW-W-N-NE. The outer earthen bank is low, broad and grass-covered and also visible from SW-W-N-NE. There is no trace of an entrance. There are several drainage depressions and banks of possible drainage material in the vicinity. Monument is visible as a penannular-shaped earthwork which is undefined to SE, on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 05 February 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.