Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullring
Cloncullen (rathconrath By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloncullen (rathconrath By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.53497, -7.70881
- SMR number
- WM016-021----
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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 W facing slope of a prominent hill in grassland. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS Fair Plan map and annotated on map as ‘The Bull Ring’. No surface remains visible of a any earthwork at the location marked on the OS 6-inch map. A bullring in Co. Kilkenny known as Butts Green that was marked as a 'Bull Ring' on Roque's map of Kilkenny dating from 1758, which suggests that bull-baiting took place here in the 17th century (Farrelly, O'Reilly, and Loughran 1993, 23). The date of the bullring in Westmeath is unknown. Faint cropmark of a possible circular-shaped enclosure on Digital Globe aerial photograph may be the 'Bull Ring' annotated on the OS Fair Plan map. This cropmark encloses the OS trig. station marking the spot height 243 ft. OD.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 11 September 2018
References
Farrelly, J., O'Reilly, B., and Loughran, A. 1993 Urban archaeological survey - county Kilkenny (2 vols.). Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.