Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cormaclew, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cormaclew
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.48472, -7.78189
- SMR number
- WM023-035----
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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 rise, in pasture, with good views from NW-N-NE and restricted to S. Bivallate ringfort described in 1977 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 34m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The inner bank is best preserved from W-NW and the intervening fosse is visible from S-W-N-E, being disturbed from E-S. The outer bank is best preserved from SW-W and is disturbed from E-S. The interior has a gentle E-facing slope and a house site (WM023-035001-) is visible in the W quadrant.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 24 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.