Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Jamestown (rathconrath By., Jamestown Ed), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Jamestown (rathconrath By., Jamestown Ed)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.46486, -7.53801
- SMR number
- WM024-130----
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 low rounded rise, in undulating pasture, with good views to NW and SE, in former Deer Park of Jamestown House. Annotated ‘Fort’ and depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a substantial bank with an entrance gap at NE. Depicted as a tree-planted earthwork enclosed by a bank on the 1876 ed. OS 6-inch map. Upstanding remains of ringfort clearly visible on oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP AOY081/82/BDK024/25) taken 12/07/1966 and 14/07/1970 respectively. Levelled monument described in 1971 as no surface remains visible.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 27 August 2019
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Sheela-na-gigunder 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.