Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cartronkeel (kilkenny West By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cartronkeel (kilkenny West By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.48424, -7.84784
- SMR number
- WM022-025----
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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 in low-lying level pasture with good views in all directions. Bivallate ringfort described in 1971 and 1978 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 36m) enclosed by an inner bank, an intervening fosse, an outer bank with external fosse. The inner bank is quite low and is almost reduced to a scarp. It is slightly defaced at WNW which corresponds to a causeway-like feature across the fosse at this point which may represent the original entrance. A similar feature at SE appears to be due to disturbance. There are traces of a U-shaped intervening fosse. An outer bank and an outer fosse are visible from S-W-N-E. A post-1700 field fence extends just outside the inner bank from WNW-N-NE. The interior has a slight W-facing slope.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 16 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.