Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Skeheen (evans), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Skeheen (evans)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.43017, -7.55337
- SMR number
- WM031-063----
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 pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a subcircular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1977 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 44m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone with a slight external fosse and possible entrance gap at E. The interior has a gentle S-facing slope and a house site (WM031-063001-) is visible in the centre. A number of boulders protrude from the surface in the S quadrant, yet form no definite plan. Some old field banks adjoin the earthwork at N. Monument is visible today as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 21 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 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.