Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Rathnamuddagh, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathnamuddagh
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.46807, -7.47671
- SMR number
- WM025-100----
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 in relatively low-lying pasture and overlooked by higher gently undulating pasture restricting the surrounding views. A stream lies c. 18m to W. A rectilinear-shaped earthwork (WM025-101----) lies c. 200m to SE. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a subrectangular-shaped earthwork with rounded corners, annotated ‘Fort’. Monument described in 1971 as no surface remains visible. A slight oval-shaped rise running ESE-WNW marks the site of this ringfort.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 23 September 2019
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.