Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clonkill, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonkill
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.57948, -7.25194
- SMR number
- WM012-163----
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 E facing slope of a prominent rise in gently undulating gras-land, with good views to E. A slightly raised circular shaped area (approx. diam. 25m N-S; 24m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and a shallow external fosse. There is an entrance gap (Wth 1.9m) and a slight causeway across the fosse at ESE. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible in the interior, which rises slightly towards the centre.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 8 March 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.