Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinaspick Or Bishopstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinaspick Or Bishopstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.45122, -7.60133
- SMR number
- WM024-154----
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 rise, in undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Monument described as a roughly circular-shaped area enclosed by an inner bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The monument is largely obscured by impenetrable vegetation. The low inner bank of earth and stone is on a high rise from SE-S-W. A number of boulders are on the inner bank and within the intervening fosse from NE-E. A field report from 1979 notes the presence of an outer bank. No clear entrance feature visible. A house site (WM024-154001-) is located within the interior.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 28 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.