Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Brownstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brownstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.65745, -7.12031
- SMR number
- WM008-042----
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 on the E face of a natural hillock in undulating pasture-land which is wet in places. Earthwork (WM008-044---) 100m to SE. Earthwork (WM008-043---) 120m to S. A rectangular shaped area (approx. dims. 22m NW-SE x 35m NE-SW) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and a wide flat-bottomed fosse. The monument has been levelled from S-WSW. The interior slopes WSW-ENE. A modern septic tank has been constructed in the NW quadrant of the interior, during the digging of which a George II penny dated 1744 was found (local information).
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 19 April 2017
Nearby in the register
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Burial moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.