Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Russellstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Russellstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Coordinates
- 53.50111, -7.30166
- SMR number
- WM026-017----
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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 slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, with extensive views to N. Russellstown House 80m to W. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork annotated ‘fort’. Monument described in 1971 as a D-shaped area (dims. 28m E-W; 18m N-S) which appears to represent the N half of an originally circular-shaped monument. It is defined by a high steep scarp (H 1.8m) from W-N-NE, which has been partially removed from NE-E. A low, linear scarp defines the straight side to S, where the site has been truncated and the S half of the monument levelled. There is no trace of an external fosse or an outer bank. The site is planted with trees. Possibly a ringfort that was re-used as a tree-ring by the occupants of Russellstown House in the post-1700 period.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 20 September 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.