Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloghanaskaw, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghanaskaw
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.42468, -7.55718
- SMR number
- WM031-069----
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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 good views of the surrounding landscape. Ringforts (WM031-068----/-067----) lie c. 60m to W and c. 165m to N. Depicted on the 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a substantial oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1973 as a large, roughly oval-shaped area (dims. 63m N-S; 51m E-W) enclosed by an inner bank of earth and stone, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. Traces of an outer bank are only present from WSW-W-WNW. There is a possible entrance at NE. The interior has a gentle S-facing slope and there is a possible house site (WM031-069001-) within. Monument is visible as a tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 22 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.