Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilpatrick (fore By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilpatrick (fore By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.62584, -7.23038
- SMR number
- WM008-078----
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
In grassland, ringfort (WM008-079----) 400m to SSE. Present remains consist of a circular-shaped area (diam. c. 44m) enclosed by a bank and external fosse visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 21 August 2023
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burial moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fish-pondunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.