Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gaddaghanstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gaddaghanstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Partially hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.45062, -7.40366
- SMR number
- WM025-148----
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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 at the top of a steep slope at an OS spot height (318ft/97m OD), overlooking the eastern shoreline of Lough Ennell, c. 200m to NW and with magnificent views to W and N. Monument described in 1978 as a D-shaped area (dims. 29m N-S; 27m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank and external fosse. The bank is low and is visible from NW-N-NE and from SW-W-NW. The perimeter is formed along the straight side to E by a modern hedgerow running N-S. The fosse is visible from NNW-N-NNE and is absent elsewhere. There is no indication of an entrance. There is a steep natural slope outside the fosse to N. There is a low scarp with traces of stone facing at the foot of the bank from SSE-S-SW which may be the remnants of a field fence depicted at this location on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25” map. The edge of the bank and a small part of the interior has been dug away at NNE. The interior has a slight S-facing slope with some stone visible on the surface yet no recognisable features.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 27 September 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.