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Ringfort - rath

Killynan (Pratt), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Killynan (Pratt), County Westmeath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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