Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Farthingstown (fartullagh By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farthingstown (fartullagh By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.40506, -7.30912
- SMR number
- WM033-067----
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
On a low rise of ground in gently undulating pasture. Farthingstown House located 100m to the S. Circular area (diam. 38m N-S; 35m E-W) defined by an earthen bank best preserved from S-W-WNW, elsewhere it has been reduced to a scarp and wide shallow outer fosse. No entrance feature visible.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 24 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.