Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bolinarra, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bolinarra
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Coordinates
- 53.36022, -7.81495
- SMR number
- WM036-035----
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 the S spur of a small hillock (200ft/61m OD), in rough pasture. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a subcircular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1977 as an oval-shaped area (dims. 53m E-W; 55m N-S) defined by a scarp. There seems to be later stone facing to the scarp at NW and from E-ESE-SSE. There is no trace of an external fosse. There is a gap in the scarp at NNE and SSE, although it is unclear which may be the original entrance. The interior has an E-facing slope with no apparent structures visible. Monument is visible today as an oval-shaped tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography, the surrounding area has been planted with modern forestry.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 29 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.