Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Edmondstown (farbill By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Edmondstown (farbill By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.53235, -7.18046
- SMR number
- WM020-072----
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 pasture, with good views in all directions. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a subcircular-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 28m NE-SW; 22m NW-SE). Cist (WM020-073----) lies c. 115m to E. Monument described in 1970 as a roughly circular-shaped area defined by the ploughed down remains of a low scarp (approx. H 0.3m) visible from NNW-N-NE and at SSW. There is no visible trace of an external fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. The site is surrounded by modern field fences at E, S and W. Levelled monument is barely visible today as a subcircular-shaped cropmark on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 05 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Flat cemeteryunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.