Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Clare, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clare
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.47591, -7.63879
- SMR number
- WM024-080----
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 low rise, in pasture. Depicted on Larkin’s 1808 Map of Co. Westmeath as an earthwork (NLI, MS 46,580 -). Levelled monument described in 1978 as no surface remains visible. The adjoining field boundaries have been removed and the area has been reclaimed.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 13 August 2019
References
NLI, MS 46,580 - National Library of Ireland, A map of the county of Westmeath by William Larkin. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.