Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killynan (pratt), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killynan (pratt)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.56216, -7.20801
- SMR number
- WM020-002----
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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 rise, in gently undulating pasture, overlooked by higher ground adjacent to SW and W, but with good views in other directions. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork in a deer park associated with Killynan House. Ringfort (WM020-001----) lies c. 40m to W, enclosure (WM020-144----) c. 230m to W and hut site (WM020-146----) c. 230m to WNW.
Monument described in 1970 and 1979 as a large subcircular-shaped area (dims. 39m NNW-SSE; 35m WSW-ENE) enclosed by an earth and stone bank, intervening fosse and an outer bank (CUCAP BDV085). This inner bank is best preserved from S-W-N, is almost reduced to a scarp from N-E-SE and has been almost completely levelled at SE-E. The original entrance is not obvious but may be at SE. A very shallow fosse and a possible outer bank of earth and stone are present from SE-S-SSW. The outer bank is low and may represent a later field fence. The interior has a slight SE-facing slope with some stones protruding above the surface. Monument is visible today as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 05 June 2019
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.