Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - hollow-way
Banagher, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Banagher
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.49947, -7.19106
- SMR number
- WM027-012001-
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 in pasture, with good views in all directions. Located approx. 15m to N of possible motte & bailey (WM027-012----) known locally as 'Rathmore Fort' are the remains of an old trackway (Wth 5m) defined by two parallel banks running E-W. Clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photography as a linear sunken area defined by a bank on either side.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 04 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.