Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Kerinstown And Balrowan (Rowley), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kerinstown And Balrowan (Rowley)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.51245, -7.17786
- SMR number
- WM020-118001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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, but prominent natural rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. In the centre of ringfort (WM020-118----) are a pair of conjoined hut sites. The largest hut to E, is a circular-shaped area (diam. 4.4m) defined by the remains of a low bank (Wth 1.5m; H 0.3m). There is an entrance (Wth 2m) at E. A smaller hut site is conjoined to W. The smaller hut is circular-shaped area (diam. 2.3m) defined by the remains of a slight bank (Wth 1.5m; H 0.3m). The entrance is not evident.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 08 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.