Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - pond 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
- 53.67817, -7.25064
- SMR number
- WM007-135----
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
A barrow-cemetery consisting of eight barrows (WM007-014/016/017/018/015/015001-), six of the barrows are still visible with no surface remains visible of the seventh barrow. Possible pond-barrow visible as a sunken circular shaped area (diam. c. 6m) on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/05/2020
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 10 February 2016
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.