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
- 53.44178, -7.39629
- SMR number
- WM032-029----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Monument surveyed by ASI in 1971 and described as following; 'An approx. circular slightly uneven enclosure (diam. 38.8m N-S; 35.6m E-W) bounded by a high steep scarp with very slight remains of an earthen bank on its upper edge and with very slight remains of a fosse at its foot. The fosse is visible (but barely so) from E-S and from W-NNW. The scarp is broken down by cattle in places. A later field bank skirts the site, partly covering the site of the fosse on the W. A gap (Wth 3.3m) on the ESE may represent the entrance. The interior has a general slight slope towards the entrance but it drops slightly towards the perimeter on the other sides also. A tree grows near the centre. The scarp is partially covered by two thorn bushes. Sited on a slight rise on gently undulating fertile pasture and meadow land. Good views.’ (SMR File 23/07/1971).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 15 February 2013
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Dominican friarsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.