Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Creeve (clonlonan By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creeve (clonlonan By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.44737, -7.80795
- SMR number
- WM030-004----
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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 ridge running E-W, with extensive views in all directions and overlooking ringfort (WM030-003----) which lies c. 55m to NW. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1979 as an oval-shaped area (dims. 27m E-W; 22m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank, best preserved from NNE-NE-ENE and is poorly preserved elsewhere, almost being reduced to a scarp. The exterior of the bank is higher and steeper from W-NW and has been defaced by livestock from W-NW and at S. The interior has a S-facing slope and has well defined cultivation ridges running N-S. Some stone outcrops are present in the S and W quadrants. Monument is visible today as a subcircular-shaped tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 07 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - early medievalunder 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.