Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Killeenagroagh, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeenagroagh
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.45633, -7.57486
- SMR number
- WM024-160----
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 rock outcrop, in gently undulating pasture and scrub, with good views to NE and S. Ringfort (WM024-159----) lies c. 105m to S. Annotated 'Fort' and depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as an oval-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 44m NW-SE; 31m NE-SW) bisected by a footpath. Levelled monument described in 1971 as no surface remains visible. The townland boundary with Killaroo abuts the monument to SW.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 28 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.