Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Griffinstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Griffinstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.47042, -7.14971
- SMR number
- WM027-060----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a slight rise, in relatively low-lying, rough pasture, with a stream to the immediate E and S, restricted views of the surrounding landscape. Annotated 'fort' on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map and depicted as a very small circular-shaped enclosure. Depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a small circular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1971 as no surface remains visible. The site would have been suitable for a fulachta fia. Monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 06 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 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.