Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Castletown (clonlonan By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castletown (clonlonan By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.37332, -7.82977
- SMR number
- WM035-005----
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
Situated on a very slight rise, in pasture, with limited views to E, S and W. The Athlone-Clara railway line lies c. 30m to N. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1981 as a much disturbed subcircular-shaped area (approx. dims. 24m NW-SE; 20m NE-SW) enclosed by a bank from SW-W-NW, which is reduced to a scarp at NE. The perimeter and part of the interior have been quarried away from NW-N-NE and from SSE-S-SSW. An old farm building occupies the perimeter of the monument form NE-E-SE. The remaining part of the interior is quite even and now forms a small haggard. Monument is visible today as a tree-covered earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 28 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.