Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Ardnagragh (gray), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardnagragh (gray)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.48177, -7.78810
- SMR number
- WM023-033----
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 hill, in flat pasture, with good views from S-W. Annotated 'Fort' on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map and depicted as a small rectilinear earthwork outlined by a scarp, c. 100m to W of Ardnagragh Castle (WM023-034----). Monument described in 1983 as a linear scarp (L 10-15m) running N-S located to W of castle (WM023-034----).
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 24 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.