Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Kilrush Upper, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilrush Upper
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.64120, -7.01572
- SMR number
- WM009-021001-
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 natural hillock surrounded by gently undulating grass-land, with good views to NW & S. Ringfort (WM009-022----) 130m to SSW. The road which marks the townland boundary with Ballinlough is 90m to S. The grass-covered wall footings of a rectangular house site (approx. int. dims. 5.4m N-S 13.4m E-W) with entrance gap at NNE (Wth 1.5m) is visible in the SW quadrant of a ringfort (WM009-021---). Possible second opposing entrance gap at SSW. A low bank extends N from the E end of the house site.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 15 May 2017
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.