Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure - large enclosure
Corkan, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corkan
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.54210, -7.55327
- SMR number
- WM017-056----
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 slight natural rise, in relatively low-lying, wet pasture. Hut site (WM017-113----) c. 155m to W. Depicted on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped enclosure. Monument visible today as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Described in 1975 as a large irregular-shaped area (approx. dims. 75m E-W; 46m N-S) enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank with traces of an external fosse. The bank is much disturbed by modern gaps and the original entrance is not recognisable. The interior has a number of large stones and has been disturbed by relatively modern cultivation.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 12 December 2018
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.