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Castle - ringwork

Ballynagrenia, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - ringwork, Ballynagrenia, County Westmeath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballynagrenia
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.43626, -7.67253
SMR number
WM031-003----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 in gently undulating pasture, with restricted views. Depicted on the 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a subrectangular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1982 as a high subcircular-shaped platform (dims. 20m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by a scarp, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The inner scarp is approx. H 2m above the base of the intervening fosse. A wide, deep fosse (approx. Wth 5m) is visible from N-E-S-SSW. A wide tree-lined outer bank (approx. Wth 3m; ext. H 0.75m-1m) is visible from ESE-S-SSW. There is no trace of a fosse or an outer bank from SSW-W-N. Close to the base of the scarp, a tree-lined jumble of large boulders and a very inconsequential earthen back (possibly debris from field clearance) continues from SSW-W-N. The interior is slightly domed and there are no structures visible. The monument is riddled with large badger sets and a long section from ESE-SSE has been quarried away. Monument is visible today as a tree-planted earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.

Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.

Date of upload: 12 November 2019

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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