Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Aghavoneen, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghavoneen
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.38565, -7.82288
- SMR number
- WM036-003001-
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 in pasture, with good views to E, on first ed. OS 6-inch map the ringfort stands at the N end of a woodland plantation. Ringfort (WM036-007----) lies c. 125m to SE. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described as a roughly oval-shaped area (dims. 34m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by an irregular embankment which has a number of denuded areas and depressions. There is no definite indication of an external fosse. The interior has a S-facing slope with an uneven surface, possibly due to underlying rock outcrop. A souterrain (WM036-003002-) is visible in the NE quadrant. Monument is visible today as a roughly oval-shaped tree-planted 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.