Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bracknahevla, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bracknahevla
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.44837, -7.58850
- SMR number
- WM031-022----
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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 slight rise, in pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. Depicted on the 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 23m) enclosed by a low earth and stone bank, a shallow intervening fosse and slight traces of an outer bank. Some boulders lie on the bank at E. Some boulders lie near the bank on the Southern side. The interior is relatively level and is scattered with stones and small boulders which do not form any coherent pattern. Monument is visible today as a roughly circular-shaped 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.