Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Kilmaglish, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmaglish
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.58463, -7.33027
- SMR number
- WM012-118----
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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 the shoulder of S facing slope of a high ridge overlooking River Gaine 190m to SW. Ringfort (WM012-121---) 350m to SE, possible ringfort (WM012-212----) 240m to NW. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as an oval shaped earthwork with its long axis E-W, annotated as ‘fort’. A small oval shaped area (approx. diam. 20m NW-SE; 16m NE-SW) defined by a scarp which contains several low banks and a possible house site (WM012-118001-).
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 5 March 2018
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Chapelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.