Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Redmondstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Redmondstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.46754, -7.52533
- SMR number
- WM025-089----
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 small rise, in gently undulating pasture with good views except where overlooked by higher ground to NE and SE. Monument described in 1971 as the remains of an oval-shaped area defined by the remains of a scarp which appears to have been levelled. The scarp (max. H 1.2m) is best preserved at NW and is low from NE-E-SE. There is no trace of an external fosse and no entrance visible. The interior rises gently from the perimeter towards the centre and is pitted with small holes, possibly where trees or scrub have been uprooted. Monument described in 1977 as no surface remains visible. Monument visible as a roughly circular-shaped cropmark on oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP AOY080) taken 12/07/1966.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 09 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
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Flat cemeteryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.