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
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.58638, -7.33332
- SMR number
- WM012-212----
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 S facing slope of rising ground overlooking River Gaine 160m to SW. Ringfort (WM012-118----) 240m to SSE. Depicted on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular shaped earthwork that is not depicted on subsequent editions of the OS maps. Outline of monument visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 5 March 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.