Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinive, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinive
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.47529, -7.59951
- SMR number
- WM024-095----
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 small hillock, in undulating pasture, with good views in all directions except N-NE where overlooked by higher ground. Ringfort (WM024-097----) lies c. 127m to SE. Monument described as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 37m) enclosed by a low earth and stone bank that has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary. The original entrance is not clearly visible. The interior rises towards the centre and has numerous rock outcrops. There are possible traces of a fosse and outer bank at S but this appears to be a modern trackway to farm buildings located to E.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 21 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.