Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardnagragh (digby), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardnagragh (digby)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.48146, -7.80012
- SMR number
- WM023-030----
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 top of a hill, in pasture, with good views in all directions. Monument described in 1971 and 1978 as a D-shaped area (dims. 27.3m NNW-SSE; 26m ENE-WSW) enclosed by an earth and stone bank that has been disturbed SW-W with slight remains of a shallow external fosse at N. No entrance feature visible. The interior has a SE-facing slope with a possible souterrain (WM023-030001-) within the E quadrant.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 24 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.