Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Joristown Upper, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Joristown Upper
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.52230, -7.11070
- SMR number
- WM020-102----
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 steep natural rise, in gently undulating pasture, having good views in all directions. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a large, roughly circular-shaped earthwork (approx. diam. 54m). Monument described in 1970 as a large, roughly circular-shaped area enclosed by a bank and external fosse. The bank is best preserved from NNE-NE-E and elsewhere it is almost reduced to a scarp with several modern gaps. The slight fosse is visible from NW-NNE and from S-W. The interior rises gently towards centre where there is a bullaun stone (WM020-102001-). Levelled monument is not visible today 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
- Bullaun stoneunder 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.