Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Rathnew, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathnew
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.48724, -7.55466
- SMR number
- WM024-201----
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
This well-defined ring-ditch was identified by geophysical survey in 2004 approximately 100m SSE of the conjoined ringfort (WM024-066----) and c.50m E of the ancient roadway (WM024-067----) (Schot 2005; 2011). Located on a gentle south-facing slope, it registers geophysically as a positive magnetic ring, 7m in diameter, with a pit-type feature c.1.5m in diameter at its centre. Faint traces of a second possible ring-ditch, of similar size, were recorded by the survey just over 2m to the SE, while a possible ring-barrow (WM024-202----) lies c.65m to the SE.
Compiled by: Dr. Roseanne Schot
Date of upload: 08 May 2019
References
Schot, R. 2005 Geophysical survey report: The Hill of Uisneach. Co. Westmeath. License No. 03R090. Unpublished Report. National Monuments Service. Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
Schot, R. et. al. 2016 Conservation Plan for the Hill of Uisneach, Co. Westmeath – Part 1: Assessment of Cultural Significance, with contributions by D. Drew and R. Sherlock.
Schot, R. 2011 From cult centre to royal centre: monuments, myths and other revelations at Uisneach. In R. Schot, C. Newman and E. Bhreathnach (eds), Landscapes of cult and kingship, 87–113. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.