Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Garhy, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garhy
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.44436, -7.54580
- SMR number
- WM031-038001-
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 rise, in gently undulating pasture, with a good view of the surrounding landscape. Athlone to Mullingar railway line is c. 15m to SE. Inside ringfort (WM031-038----) are the remains of three house sites. A square-shaped house site is located in the NW quadrant. The remains of a rectangular-shaped house site defined by a wall to S and W, adjoins the bank of the ringfort at NE. A third house site is defined as a rectangular-shaped outline of a structure visible in the S quadrant.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 13 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.