Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Chanonstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Chanonstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55779, -7.15004
- SMR number
- WM020-023----
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
Sited on a slight rise, overlooked by hill land, in pasture. Ringfort (WM020-136----) lies c. 120m to WSW. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument described in 1970 as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a low sod-covered bank of earth and stone. It appears to have been constructed by placing large stones as facings and filling the core with smaller stones. Several slight disturbance gaps are visible in the bank. The original entrance is not recognisable. Partial cropmark of levelled monument is barely visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 06 June 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 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.