Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mylestown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mylestown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.52319, -7.12951
- SMR number
- WM020-096----
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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 at the foot of a hillock, in pasture, with good views from SE-S-SSW. Monument described in 1970-2 as a circular-shaped area (dims. 30m NE-SW; 28m NW-SE) enclosed by a bank and external fosse. The bank (base Wth 4.5m; Wth at top 1m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.8m) is visible all around except at the SE due to quarrying activity. There is a slight fosse visible from WNW-N. The interior has a gentle SW-facing slope and the SE quadrant has been quarried away. Monument is barely visible as a cropmark on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 08 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.