Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killeenbrack, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeenbrack
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.47266, -7.58866
- SMR number
- WM024-100----
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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 rocky and scrub-covered hill of rough pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. Ringfort (WM024-099----) lies c. 30m to NW. Monument described as a much disturbed, roughly D-shaped area (51.8m NW-SE; 49.8m NE-SW) with straight side at NE, that is enclosed by a bank with no trace of an external fosse. The narrow yet steep bank of earth and stone has several modern disturbance gaps. The bank is much disturbed from SE-S-SW where encroached by later field banks, however the remains of a drystone facing are evident. The original entrance gap is not recognisable. The interior rises gradually from the perimeter towards the centre where there is a house site (WM024-100001-) and the poorly preserved remains of three further house sites adjoining the ringfort bank at N, E and SW.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 21 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.