Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Gaybrook Demesne, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gaybrook Demesne
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.46111, -7.31544
- SMR number
- WM026-094----
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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 slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views to SE and W. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as an oval-shaped earthwork defined by a scarp and annotated ‘fort’. Depicted on the 1876 ed. OS 6-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork enclosed by a bank. Levelled monument described in 1971 as no surface remains visible. The site is suitable for a ringfort.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 04 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.