Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballymurry, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymurry
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.40850, -7.81390
- SMR number
- WM030-067----
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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 low rise, in pasture, with extensive views to E, SE and S. A stepped barrow (WM030-065----) lies c. 285m to N. Not depicted on OS mapping. Monument described in 1979 as a large roughly oval-shaped area (dims. 73m E-W; 62m N-S) enclosed by a bank and external fosse. The faint bank is best preserved from SW-W and is almost reduced to a scarp elsewhere. The wide, shallow fosse is best preserved from NNE-E-SE and is not readily visible elsewhere. A modern field fence runs along the perimeter from NNW-N-NNE. There is no sign of an entrance. The interior has an uneven E-facing slope. There is a fairly flat area in the W quadrant which is slightly more elevated that the rest of the interior and there is a large stone just inside the perimeter at NNW. Monument is visible today as a large oval-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 08 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - stepped barrowunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.