Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Corkan, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corkan
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.54285, -7.55682
- SMR number
- WM017-052001-
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 the E-end of a small, low natural ridge running E-W in pasture with extensive views in all directions. The remains of a hut site (approx. dims. 5.3m N-S; 9.7m E-W) are located on the inner edge of the scarp, within the S quadrant of a ringfort (WM017-052----). The hut site is visible as a rectangular-shaped depression defined by a low bank of earth with abundant stone to S, some of which may represent the remains of internal stone facing. Two stones set in the ground at W may be the remains of the W bank. A very low and faint scarp defines the E side of the monument, however, there is little definition to N.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 10 December 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.