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
- 53.66968, -7.11796
- SMR number
- WM008-020----
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 prominent natural rise in gently undulating land, with excellent views to the NW, NNE & E. Ringfort (WM008-019---) 175m to NNW. A raised sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 18m N-S; 20m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and external fosse. The interior rises towards the centre. A sub-rectangular shaped hut site (WM008-020001-) is visible in the S quadrant of the interior. A low earthen bank (max. Wth 2m; H 0.2m) extends across the interior from the ringfort bank at ENE towards the hut site.
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.