Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Glengorm, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glengorm
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.40889, -7.51124
- SMR number
- WM032-076----
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
The site is on an oval-shaped hillock with good views to the N and W. Site consists of a sub-oval shaped area (diam. c.30m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank with no traces of an external fosse. No entrance feature visible. The interior is very uneven and there appears to have been some dumping of field clearance debris in the centre of the monument. Slightly W of centre there is a small arc of stones around a slight mound of earth and stone. The archaeological significance of this feature is unclear. The interior is heavily overgrown with trees and bushes making examination of the monument very difficult.
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 11 March 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.