Barrow - mound barrow

The National Monuments Service's description

Monument surveyed in 2015 and described by McGuinness (2015, 50) as following: ‘Although the survey-team examined this rough hilltop site with high ungrazed grass on a single short visit, nothing was visible at the location marked, and the landowner said he could never see anything here although he knew there was supposed to be a monument. The ASI account of 15/3/82 is given here: The remains of a small bowl barrow, now much denuded. The barrow is approx 10m in diameter and approx 50cms-75cms high with a flattened top. The remains of an old field boundary cuts through the Northern part of the barrow in a WNW-ESE direction, disfiguring the Northern part of the mound. Sited on a steep rise with wide views in all directions. [SMR file] In the absence of evidence for a ditch, this cannot be described as a bowl-barrow and appears instead to be a simple mound-barrow with flattened top. Barrow is located on a prominent hilltop overlooking the Yellow River to NE and a second river to SW, the latter passing through Bishop’s Lough and a string of smaller lakes just 500m to S; but for trees, there would be excellent views in all directions’.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness.

Date of upload: 8 February 2016

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 Unpublished survey funded by Westmeath County Council in association with Westmeath Archaeological and Historical Society.