Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Clare, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clare
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.46676, -7.64323
- SMR number
- WM024-089001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 slight rise, in gently undulating pasture. In the centre of ringfort (WM024-089----) are the remains of a subrectangular-shaped area (dims. 7.8m NW-SE; 5.3m NE-SW) defined by a low bank (overall Wth 3.2m; Wth at top 1.1m; H 0.5m) with possible entrance at SE. The NE arc of the hut site has been levelled.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 21 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.