Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Jamestown (rathconrath By., Churchtown Ed), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Jamestown (rathconrath By., Churchtown Ed)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.50000, -7.47630
- SMR number
- WM025-014----
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 low rise, in low-lying, wet pasture, with limited views of the surrounding landscape; A stream and townland boundary to the immediate E. Monument described in 1971 and 1977 as a long, suboval-shaped area (dims. 58m NW-SE; 34m NE-SW) defined by a scarp, which tapers to a point at SE. The scarp (H 1.2m) is present from SE-W-N-ENE. There is no fosse or entrance visible. The interior rises slightly from the perimeter to the centre. There is a low, circular-shaped platform of earth and stone just within the interior, on the upper edge of the scarp at SSE, which appears modern.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 1 September 2019
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Road - hollow-wayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.