Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Paslicktown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Paslicktown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.46532, -7.34847
- SMR number
- WM026-063----
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 a low rise, in relatively low-lying pasture, which is overlooked by higher ground to NW, N and E. Ringfort (WM026-064----) lies c. 160m to ENE. Annotated ‘Fort’ on the OS Fair Plan map and depicted as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1971 as no surface remains visible. Outline of levelled monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 02 October 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 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.