Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Legan (clonlonan By., Mount Temple Ed), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Legan (clonlonan By., Mount Temple Ed)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.43979, -7.76480
- SMR number
- WM030-012----
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).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a slight rise, in rough wet pasture, with restricted views. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1979 as a much disturbed roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 40m) defined by a low scarp and faint traces of a shallow external fosse which are both poorly preserved. There is no indication of an entrance. The interior rises irregularly towards the centre and a house site (WM030-012001-) is visible in the W quadrant. A modern field fence runs roughly N-S across the perimeter and part of the interior at W. Another old field fence runs ENE-WSW just outside the perimeter at S. Monument is visible today as an oval-shaped 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
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.