Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Killynan (pratt), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killynan (pratt)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55903, -7.19768
- SMR number
- WM020-009001-
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 rise, in gently undulating pasture with good views in all directions. Within the NW quadrant of ringfort (WM020-009----) is a long subrectangular-shaped house site (dims. 8.8m NE-SW; 5m NW-SE) enclosed by a low earthen bank (overall Wth 3.2m; Wth at top 0.5m; H 0.3m). A slight gap (Wth 0.8m) midway along the SE side represents the entrance.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 05 June 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.