Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Deerpark (fore By.),gillardstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Deerpark (fore By.),gillardstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.65507, -7.27304
- SMR number
- WM007-134----
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
Semi-circular shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 33m E-W) transected at S by Gillardstown townland boundary running E-W depicted on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map, may be the remains of an archaeological monument. This earthwork is now located inside modern coniferous forestry plantation.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Ed O'Donovan
Date of upload: 05 June 2019
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.