Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Castlelost, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlelost
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.41291, -7.31149
- SMR number
- WM033-047----
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
Visited in 1971 and in 1978 when the monument was described as situated in pasture on a slight rise of ground with good views of undulating countryside. A large circular area (diam. 54m N-S; 59m E-W) with domed interior defined by a scarp with slight remains of an external fosse only visible from N-E-S. No entrance feature visible. Monument visible as a cropmark on Bing Maps aerial photograph taken between 06/07 November 2011.
See attached word document for cropmark of ringfort taken from bing maps at www.bing.com/maps
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 23 July 2013.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.