Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Rathcreevagh, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathcreevagh
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.70471, -7.32074
- SMR number
- WM003-061001-
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 slight natural rise, surrounded by gently undulating land of poor to good pasture, poorly drained land to SW. Ringfort (WM003-060----) 130m to N. The poorly preserved grass covered wall footings of a sub-circular house (dims. 7.6m NNE-SSW) can be seen in the centre of the interior of a ringfort (WM003-061---). This house site has been partially quarried into at SW and WNW.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 29 November 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.