Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Derrya, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrya
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.67177, -7.37957
- SMR number
- WM007-137----
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
Situated in pasture, 390m NW of the N shoreline of Lough Derravaragh. Cropmark of a rectangular-shaped area (int. dims. c. 28m E-W x 34m N-S; ext. dims. 40m N-S x 37m E-W) defined by a ditch transected at S by a field boundary that is visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Possible cropmark of a levelled moated site which is clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 03/04/2022.
See attached Google Earth orthoimage dated 03/04/2022
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Johnny Ryan, Archaeologist, Forestry Inspectorate (Forest Service), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
Date of upload: 8 Match 2023
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Settlement platformunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.