Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Greatdown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greatdown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.51521, -7.25189
- SMR number
- WM019-085----
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 the summit of a high prominent hill (112m OD), in pasture, with boggy hollows to SW, W and NW. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1970 as a roughly circular-shaped area (33.50m NNE-SSW; 32m WNW-ESE) enclosed by a steep bank with the remains of an external fosse. The bank is clearly visible from SW-W only. The fosse is visible from WSW-W-N. There is a large gap (Wth at top 6.3m; basal Wth 3.3m) at ESE. Much of the surface of the interior has been levelled out in relatively modern times. There is a modern depression near the bank at NNE and a small, circular flat-topped mound (diam. 3.7m; H 0.3m) near the upper edge of the bank at S. Monument is visible today as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 05 June 2019
Nearby in the register
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.