Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Ballybeg (fore By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybeg (fore By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.63731, -7.23140
- SMR number
- WM008-054----
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 a low gravel ridge which affords good views from E-W-S. No surface remains visible of any earthworks at this location. Land reclamation took place in this area in the late 1970s and the earthworks in this area which were visible on GSI Aerial photographs may have been levelled around this time.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 20 April 2017
References
GSIAP - Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey. Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 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.