Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Milltown (rathconrath By., Churchtown Ed), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Milltown (rathconrath By., Churchtown Ed)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.48574, -7.49222
- SMR number
- WM025-053----
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 undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. A moated site (WM025-054----) lies c. 35m to E and an enclosure (WM025-055----) lies c. 160m to SE. Monument described in 1971 as a large subcircular-shaped area enclosed by an inner bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank with entrance (Wth at top 7.2m; Wth at base 3.5m) and causeway (overall Wth 6.3m; Wth at top 2.4m; H 0.4m) at ENE. The inner earth and stone bank has an irregular outline and has several disturbance gaps. The wide, shallow fosse is best preserved from WSW-W-N-NE. The outer bank is visible from WSW-W-N-NE. The interior has a general SE-facing slope and rises slightly towards the centre. A low, short scarp (L 15m; H 1m) running NW-SE extends from the interior of the inner bank at NW. Monument visible as a substantial subcircular-shaped earthwork on oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP AYR023/024) taken 11/07/1969.
See attached plan of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 10 September 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
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.