Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Taghboyne, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Taghboyne
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.47779, -7.53446
- SMR number
- WM025-077001-
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 top of a long, almost flat-topped ridge running NE-SW, in pasture, with a good view to S, restricted by surrounding hillocks in other directions. In the centre of ringfort (WM025-077----) are the remains of a subrectangular-shaped house site (overall dims. 14m NE-SSW; 10.8m NW-SE) which consists of a raised platform defined by a sharp scarp (max. H 1m) of earth and stone. Two short banks project from the NW side and may define an adjoining annexe (overall dims. 3.5m NE-SW; 2m NW-SE).
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 11 September 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.