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
- 53.46155, -7.56967
- SMR number
- WM024-162----
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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, with reasonable views of the surrounding landscape. Monument described as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 34m) enclosed by an inner bank, a fosse and an outer bank. A gap (Wth at top 4.4m; basal Wth 2.3m) in the inner bank at S presumably represents the entrance. The low inner bank is best preserved from E-SE-S and is almost reduced to a scarp from S-W-N-E. The fosse is wide and shallow and is most visible from E-S-SW. There is a very low, wide outer bank from E-S-W. The interior has a slight SE-facing slope and is largely obscured by dense vegetation.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 28 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.