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Ringfort - unclassified

Killininneen, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - unclassified, Killininneen, County Westmeath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Killininneen
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.46716, -7.77301
SMR number
WM023-056----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 small, round-topped rise, in gently undulating pasture. Killininneen House built on site of Killininneen Castle (WM023-058----) 350m to ENE. Annotated 'Fort' on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map. Levelled monument described in 1971 as circular-shaped area (dims. 25m N-S; 20.3m E-W) defined by a narrow band (Wth 1.2m) of light green grass in stark contrast with the surrounding vegetation. This distinctive band of vegetation presumably marks the site of the backfilled fosse. There is a break (Wth 3.4m) in the band at W which may signify the location of the entrance gap. The interior rises slightly from the perimeter towards the centre. No surface remains visible today of levelled monument on Digital Globe aerial photographs.

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

Date of upload: 25 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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