Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Ben, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ben
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.68342, -7.21253
- SMR number
- WM004-026----
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
There is no paper file in the ASI archive for this monument. In the Westmeath RMP (1996) maps, the potential monument is indicated at the Ben of Fore. No surface remains visible on any earthwork on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 16 August 2023
Nearby in the register
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cross - Wayside crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.