Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Brittas (moyashel & Magheradernon By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brittas (moyashel & Magheradernon By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.56207, -7.28507
- SMR number
- WM019-016----
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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 rise, in gently undulating pasture with good views in all directions. Ringfort (WM019-015----) lies c. 75m to N. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a slightly modified oval-shaped earthwork.
Monument described in 1970 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 37m) enclosed by a bank and a fosse. The bank is best preserved from N-E-S-W and has been steepened on the exterior from W-N, where a modern bank has been constructed at its upper edge. The fosse is best preserved from N-E-S-W and may have been recut in relatively modern times. The entrance gap (Wth at top 5.1m; basal Wth 2m) is at SE, where there is a slight causeway (Wth at top 2.5m; overall Wth 4.6m; max. H 0.3m). There is a modern gap at N. The interior rises slightly from the perimeter towards the centre and has traces of cultivation ridges running NNE-SSW. A modern fence intersects the perimeter at N, S and WNW. Monument is visible today as a circular-shaped tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 18 February 2019
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.