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Ringfort - rath

Brittas(kilkenny West By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

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Townland
Brittas(kilkenny West By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Outlined
Coordinates
53.47411, -7.83521
SMR number
WM022-036----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 the WNW side of a low rise, in pasture with good views of the surrounding undulating landscape. Annotated 'Fort' on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map. Bivallate ringfort described in 1971 and 1978 as a roughly circular-shaped area (dims. 35.5m E-W; 34.5m N-S) enclosed by a bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The inner bank is low and almost reduced to a scarp. A modern stone wall has been built along the base of this bank from W-N-E-SE and outhouses have been built partially into the base of the bank from SE-S-W. The remains of a shallow intervening fosse are visible from SW-W-N. Traces of a low outer bank are visible from S-W-N. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior is generally even with slight stony outcrops. A modern house and landscaped garden now occupy the centre of this enclosure which is visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 16 July 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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