Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ditch barrow
Lakill And Moortown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lakill And Moortown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.67854, -7.25063
- SMR number
- WM007-017----
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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
A barrow-cemetery consisting of seven barrows (WM007-014/016/017/018/015/015001-), six of the barrows are still visible with no surface remains visible of the seventh barrow. Monument surveyed in 2015 and described by McGuinness (2015, 58) as following: ‘Very low-relief earthwork comprising a low central mound or platform (Diam. 7m N-S x 6.7m E-W) surrounded by a ditch (Overall diam. 10.5m N-S x 10.2m E-W); there appears to be no surface traces of an outer bank but this need not be surprising in view of the near-flattened condition of the site. Ditch reaches a greatest depth of 0.4m below central mound at W and 0.35m below external ground level at E. Monument is located on land sloping down gently but clearly from SE to NW, and lies 10.5m NW of Site A [WM007-013----] and 3m NW of Site B [WM007-016----]’.
See attached Figures 36 and 38 taken from McGuinness 2015, 57, 58
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness.
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 25 January 2023
References
McGuinness, D. 2015 The prehistoric burial mounds and related monument of County Westmeath. Part III - Monuments in Northern and Eastern Westmeath (Baronies of Delvin and Fore, and Parts of Baronies of Farbill, Fartullagh, Moygoish, and Moyashel & Magheradernon). Unpublished survey funded by Westmeath County Council in association with Westmeath Archaeological and Historical Society.
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
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