Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballycloghduff (Kilkenny West By., Grogan ED), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycloghduff (Kilkenny West By., Grogan ED)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.44772, -7.72810
- SMR number
- WM030-017----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 top of a S-facing slope, in wet undulating pasture, overlooking the Tang River c. 45m to SE and with good views in all directions. Ringfort (WM030-016----) lies c. 65m to SW. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a subcircular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1979 as a roughly oval-shaped area (dims. 32m E-W; 31m N-S) enclosed by a low bank and an external fosse. The bank is poorly preserved and is almost reduced to a low scarp. There are traces of a narrow, shallow outer fosse which is traceable from NW-N-E-ESE. The modern field fence runs roughly N-S across the monument at W, where the perimeter has been defaced. There is no indication of an entrance although there are disturbance gaps at N, E and S. The interior has a S-facing slope and an uneven surface. The entire perimeter and parts of the interior are overgrown with thorn trees and briars which are most dense across the E and S quadrants of the monument. Monument is visible today as a subcircular-shaped tree-planted area 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
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.