Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Catherinestown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Catherinestown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.48084, -7.29743
- SMR number
- WM026-039----
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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 low hillock with good views in all directions. Ringfort (WM026-038----) 160m to NNW, Kilronan church (WM026-037001-) and graveyard (WM026-037001-) 140m to SSW, building (WM026-035----) 380m to W and standing stone (WM026-036----) 320m to WNW. Large slightly raised circular-shaped area (diam. 43.5m N-S x 47m SE-NW) enclosed by a low earth and stone bank, fosse and traces of a poorly preserved external bank visible at NW and SSE only. A wide gap (Wth 6.2m) at E now blocked by modern field fence may represent the original entrance feature. The inner bank is best preserved from SE-E-W, elsewhere it has been reduced to a scarp. The bank has several modern gaps due to agricultural activity. A portion of the bank and scarp have been dug away from N-NE, at NE and SW. The enclosing elements of the ringfort have been levelled at E by a post-1900 field fence running N-S. This field boundary is not depicted on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map or on the revised 1911 ed. OS 25-inch map.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 23 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Chapelunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.