Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bellanalack, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bellanalack
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.40846, -7.76741
- SMR number
- WM030-072----
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).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a high ridge, in pasture, with commanding views of the surrounding landscape. A castle ringwork (WM030-073----) lies c. 195m to E. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork cut by a trackway running WNW-ESE across the SW sector. Monument described in 1973 as a small, roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 27m) enclosed by a low scarp. The perimeter has been dug away from WSW-W-WNW and from N-NE. The surface of the interior is uneven. Monument is visible today as a much disturbed roughly 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
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.