Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Killeennanam, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeennanam
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Latest-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Coordinates
- 53.47692, -7.76932
- SMR number
- WM023-054----
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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 low rise, in pasture, overlooking low-lying boggy land to S and SW. Monument described in 1978 as a trapezoidal-shaped area (36m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by a bank, an intervening fosse and external bank with entrance gap (basal Wth 1.75m; top Wth 3m) located in the centre of the S side. The inner bank is wide and low and is best preserved on the S and W sides. The intervening fosse is best preserved on the E side where it is wide and deep, otherwise it is shallow and faint on the N and S side and not clearly visible on the W side. The outer bank is best preserved on the E side and there are slight traces on the N and S side, where the ground falls away on a natural slope. A field bank replaces the outer bank on the W side. The interior is uneven due to slight stony outcrops and has a very slight rise in the N half and gentle depressions in the E quadrant.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 25 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burial moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.