Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carn (rathconrath By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carn (rathconrath By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.47046, -7.55763
- SMR number
- WM024-127----
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 top of a rocky knoll, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Monument described in 1970s as a subcircular-shaped area (dims. 22m E-W) enclosed by a bank, an intervening berm and an external bank. The inner bank (H 1.5m-2m) is relatively well preserved. A sloping berm (approx. Wth 4-8m) from NNE-E-S-W-NNW is located in the intervening area between the two banks. It is quite flat and regular from NNW-N-NNE, is irregular from S-W and is widest from N-E. A much disturbed outer bank has a number of boulders dumped against it all around. The interior rises gently towards the centre and there are stony outcrops in the N quadrant.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 27 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.