Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dysart (moyashel & Magheradernon By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dysart (moyashel & Magheradernon By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.47850, -7.44824
- SMR number
- WM025-106001-
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 W-facing slope of a low rise, in gently undulating pasture, with moderate views in all directions. Ringfort (WM025-105----) lies c. 110m to WSW. Monument described as a subcircular-shaped area (dims. 23m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.1m) which is steep on the exterior and is almost reduced to a scarp (H 1.7m) with a shallow external fosse visible from NW-N and from ENE-E-ESE, which seems to form part of a field boundary. There is no trace of an outer fosse from SSE-S-W-WNW. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior rises gently from the perimeter towards the centre. A field system (WM025-106002-) is visible in the fields around the ringfort.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 23 September 2019
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fish-pondunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.