Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Ballyglass (rathconrath By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyglass (rathconrath By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.53776, -7.53221
- SMR number
- WM018-047001-
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 rise, in pasture. In the centre of ringfort (WM018-047----) are the remains of a rectangular house site (dims. 6.2m ENE-WSW; 5m NNE-SSW) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.7m). A slight gap (Wth 1.2m) at ENE may represent an entrance. Two upright stones are located to SSE of the S corner.
See attached sketch plan of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 04 February 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.