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
- 53.61920, -7.20454
- SMR number
- WM013-007----
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 low prominent hillock with good views from NW-N-E. A raised oval-shaped area (approx. diam. 32m NW-SE) enclosed by a low earthen bank and a shallow external fosse best preserved from W-N with causewayed entrance gap (Wth 2.6m) at E. The interior is uneven and rises 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: 3 April 2018
Nearby in the register
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.