Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clonydonnin, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonydonnin
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.35443, -7.79614
- SMR number
- WM036-040----
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 low hill, in rough pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a suboval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly oval-shaped area (dims. 18m N-S; 17m E-W) defined by a scarp and external fosse. The scarp is very low and irregular and there are very slight traces of a surrounding fosse. The perimeter of the monument is defined by mature trees indicating that it was reused as a tree ring. The interior rises irregularly towards the centre. Monument is visible today as a roughly circular-shaped tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 29 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - pond barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.