Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Brittas(kilkenny West By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brittas(kilkenny West By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.47492, -7.82870
- SMR number
- WM023-049----
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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 the summit of a prominent hillock, in undulating pasture with wide views to E, S and SW. Monument described in 1971 as an oval-shaped area (dims. 27.8m NNE-SSW; 25.5m WNW-ESE) enclosed by a bank and external fosse. The slight earth and stone bank has been replaced by part of a modern stone wall from WSW-W-NW. Traces of an external fosse are visible from S-WSW and at NNW. A gap (Wth at top 4m; basal Wth 1.5m) at ENE may represent the entrance. The interior has a gentle W-facing slope with faint traces of cultivation ridges running NE-SW.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 24 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.