Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Ballyglass (rathconrath By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyglass (rathconrath By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.53426, -7.53410
- SMR number
- WM018-086001-
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 slight rise, in gently undulating and hilly pasture, with limited views of the surrounding landscape. Outline of rectangular building aligned NNE-SSW standing in centre of ringfort (WM018-086----) is depicted on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. In centre of ringfort are the remains of a rectangular-shaped house site (dims. 7m NE-SW; 5.4m NW-SE) defined by a broad bank (Wth 1.6m; H 0.2-1m) of earth and large stones. Some internal stone facing is also visible. Probable entrance gap at E. Monument is visible as a rectangular-shaped tree-planted area on Digital Globe aerial photography.
See attached plan of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 05 February 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 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.