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Ringfort - rath

Killeenbrack, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Killeenbrack, 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
Killeenbrack
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.47199, -7.57621
SMR number
WM024-106----

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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 top of a rocky hillock with good views to NW, SSE and overlooked by higher ridges to ENE and WSW. Monument described in 1971 as an oval-shaped area (dims. 27.5m NW-SE; 24.2m NE-SW) enclosed by a bank and external fosse, a gap (Wth at top 4.2m; basal Wth 1.8m) at NNW probably represents the entrance. The bank is low and steep being best preserved from N-E and almost reduced to a scarp E-S-W-N. The scarp is much disturbed by quarrying from ENE-E and at S. The remains of a narrow, shallow fosse is visible from SW-N-ENE. The interior has a gentle E-facing slope. There are four large stones within the WSW quadrant which may represent the scant remains of a house site, however this is uncertain. Outline of monument clearly visible on oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP AOY078) taken 12/07/1966.

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

Date of upload: 21 August 2019

References

CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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