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
- 53.67090, -7.11266
- SMR number
- WM008-021----
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 pasture-land with good views in all directions. Ringfort (WM008-019---) 380m to WNW. Ringfort (WM008-020---) 350m to SW. A raised roughly oval shaped area (approx. dims. 30m NW-SE; 15m NE-SW) enclosed by a poorly preserved fragmentary earthen bank. The interior contains several quarry holes and upcast spoil heaps. A field fence intersects the monument from S-SW. A second field fence intersects the monument from SW-NW.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 19 April 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.