Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gaddaghanstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gaddaghanstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.44774, -7.40483
- SMR number
- WM032-022----
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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
Monument surveyed by ASI in 1976 and described as following; 'A small roughly D-shaped enclosure (diam. 34m N-S; 35m E-W) bounded by the remains of a low earthen bank and an internal fosse, the bank is best preserved at the S-W. The bank is defaced at a number of points by animal tracks but there is no indication of an original entrance. The interior is fairly even but slopes down in the E part. No internal features are visible. The bank is overgrown with traces and there is a single tree in the W of the interior. The site is surrounded by modern field banks and fences. The fences on the S and E are very low but that on the E has probably destroyed that side of the site. The site was probably originally circular. The site is on low ground in good pasture’ (SMR File 17/08/1976).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 14 February 2013
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.