Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Rathdrishoge, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathdrishoge
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.46047, -7.49705
- SMR number
- WM025-138001-
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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 S-facing slope, in pasture, with good views to E, S and W. Rathdrishoge Castle (WM025-138-----) stands along SW side of large semi-circular shaped enclosure
Bivallate enclosure possibly the remains of an castle bawn described in 1978 as the remains of a large roughly semi-circular-shaped area (approx. dims. 60m NE-SW; 45m NW-SE) defined by an inner bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The inner bank is substantial and both it and the outer bank comprise of earth and stone. The perimeter of the earthwork is best preserved along the straight side to SW and from NW-NE. It is quite denuded from NE-E-SE where it is visible as a low, wide grassy bank. This may suggest a possible entrance at this location.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 27 September 2019
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.