Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockmore, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockmore
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.39230, -7.45417
- SMR number
- WM038-008----
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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
Described in 1979 as a ringfort situated on a small hillock in undulating countryside with good views in all directions. The monument consists of an oval-shaped area (diam. 35m N-S; 53m ENE-WSW) defined by traces of a poorly preserved bank mainly reduced to a steep scarp. There is no evidence of an entrance feature. The interior is slightly uneven and slopes slightly from NE-SW. Cultivation ridges running ENE-WSW traverse the interior of the monument.
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 29 March 2013
Nearby in the register
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.