Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Jamestown (rathconrath By., Jamestown Ed), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Jamestown (rathconrath By., Jamestown Ed)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.46392, -7.53401
- SMR number
- WM025-119----
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 low rise, in undulating pasture, with good views to SE. Ringfort (WM024-130----) lies c. 220m to WNW. Levelled monument described in 1971 as an oval-shaped cropmark (dims. 37m NW-SE; 32m NE-SW) defined by a black band of earth (Wth 9m) showing recent signs of disturbance and levelling. The interior rises appreciably from the perimeter towards the centre and there are vague traces of cultivation ridges running NW-SE. The original entrance is not visible. Upstanding monument visible as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork on oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP AOY081/BDK024) taken 12/07/1966 and 14/07/1970.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 24 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Sheela-na-gigunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.