Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Shinglis, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shinglis
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Coordinates
- 53.50420, -7.67492
- SMR number
- WM024-001----
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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
Sited on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture. Crannóg (WM024-002----) lies c. 100m to SE. Annotated 'Fort' on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map and depicted as a circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 25m). Depicted on the 1913 ed. OS 6-inch map as a diamond-shaped enclosure. Monument described in 1971 as a lozenge-shaped area (approx. dims. 41m NE-SW; c. 26m NW-SE) enclosed by a bank and a possible external fosse. The bank is low and is practically reduced to a scarp. There are slight remains of a fosse-like trench at the foot of the scarp. There is no visible trace of an entrance, although there are several slight disturbance gaps. The interior has a gentle WSW-facing slope and is planted with trees. This enclosure appears to have been a ringfort that has been modified to form an estate feature, possibly associated with Shinglis House, which lies c. 950m to N, in the same townland.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 30 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Military campunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.