Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrickaneha, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickaneha
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.46581, -7.76157
- SMR number
- WM023-060----
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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 gentle WSW-facing slope of a hill, in pasture, with good views to SE, SW and N. Ringfort (WM023-061----) lies c. 155m to NE. Monument described in 1971 and 1976 as a circular-shaped area (diam. 29m) enclosed by a bank visible from SSE-S-W and has been reduced to a scarp W-NW, where it is highest. The bank has been modified from NE-E-SE to form a relatively modern field bank. There is no visible evidence of an external fosse. The interior is even and featureless. The monument is truncated by a field boundary running NE-SW across the NW quadrant.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 29 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Burial moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.