Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilgar, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilgar
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.67148, -7.11883
- SMR number
- WM008-019----
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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 natural hillock in undulating pasture-land, with excellent views in all directions. Ringfort (WM008-016----) 200m to NW. Depicted as an oval shaped enclosure on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. This site has been levelled, now visible as a raised oval shaped area (approx. diam. 28m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by a band of vegetation (Wth 3.5m). A pair of conjoined hut sites (WM008-019001-) are visible as a cropmark in the centre of the levelled monument.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 19 April 2017
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.