Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinaspick Or Bishopstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinaspick Or Bishopstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.44244, -7.60773
- SMR number
- WM031-025----
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 a commanding view to S. Ringfort (WM031-019----) lies c. 155m to NW and ringfort (WM031-026----) lies c. 180m to E. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a semicircular-shaped earthwork (approx. C 38m). Almost completely levelled monument described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 25m) defined by the traceable remains of a low profile bank. The interior has a gentle S-facing slope. Monument is visible today as a partially levelled out earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography, which is defined by field boundaries from NW-N-E-SE.
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.