Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Anneville Or Rathduff, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Anneville Or Rathduff
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.46992, -7.34367
- SMR number
- WM026-065----
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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 an elevated area 145m SW of Anneville House, in pasture with extensive views to S, W and N. Ringfort (WM026-066----) lies c. 95m to S. Depicted on the revised 1837 OS 6-inch map as a small oval-shaped tree-lined earthwork. Monument described in 1976 as a roughly circular-shaped area (dims. 21m N-S) enclosed by a bank and external fosse. A low earthen bank is visible from SW-W-N-NE. There are traces of a shallow outer fosse from SE-S-W-N-NE. A small disturbance mound is located at NE. There is no trace of an original entrance and there are no internal features.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 02 October 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.