Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Jamestown (Rathconrath By., Churchtown ED), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Jamestown (Rathconrath By., Churchtown ED)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Latest-edition OS map
- Partially outlined
- Coordinates
- 53.49460, -7.47505
- SMR number
- WM025-016----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a low rise, in pasture, with good views in all directions. Monument described in 1977 as a rectangular-shaped area (dims. 18m NW-SE; 16m NE-SW) defined by a wide bank and external fosse well defined from S-SW-NW. The bank is low and the fosse is shallow from N-NE-SE. In general, the SW half of the monument is better preserved than the NE half. The interior has a SE-facing slope. Barely visible outline of levelled monument visible today on Digital Globe aerial photograph.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 05 September 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.