Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Streamstown (moycashel By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Streamstown (moycashel By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.43753, -7.59644
- SMR number
- WM031-031----
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 the edge of a high ridge, in pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. Ringfort (WM031-030----) lies c. 165m to NNW and ringfort (WM031-032----) lies c. 140m to ENE. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 26m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone. The bank has been disturbed from SSE-S-SSW. There is no trace of a fosse. The interior rises from the perimeter toward the centre and is strewn with loose stone. 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: 13 November 2019
Nearby in the register
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.