Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinkeeny Or Mosstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinkeeny Or Mosstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.46957, -7.60331
- SMR number
- WM024-109----
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 gentle rise, in pasture, with wide views of the surrounding landscape. Monument described in 1979 as a roughly circular-shaped area enclosed by a scarp and a wall. The earthen scarp is present from NE-E-S and a ruined wall is visible from SW-W-N. There is an entrance at NW. The interior is largely occupied by a long house site (WM024-109001-). There is an area of collapsed stones immediately inside the perimeter wall at N, which may represent another structure. Old field banks form a number of small enclosures outside to E. Site levelled as modern quarry now located in area where ringfort was located.
See attached plan and profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 21 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.