Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Walshestown North (part of), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Walshestown North (part of)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Partially hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.53856, -7.38644
- SMR number
- WM019-087----
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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 prominent steep-sided hill, in pasture with good views of Lough Owel to N, E and S. Depicted on the 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a semi-circular shaped earthwork (dims. 33m NW-SE) which is cut by the public road across the SW sector. Monument described in 1972 as a partially levelled earthwork enclosed by a steep earthen bank and traces of a fosse from NW-N-E-S only. The monument has been levelled from S-W-NW where it has been cut by the public road running NW-SE. The bank is best preserved from NW-N-NE, is very slight from NE-E-ESE and has been levelled from ESE-SE-S. The remains of a wide fosse are visible from NW-N-NNE and with traces at ENE. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior has a slight ENE-facing slope and there are traces of cultivation ridges running ENE-WSW. Monument is visible today as the arc of a tree-lined 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
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.