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Barrow - mound barrow

Ballynacroghy Or Gallowstown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - mound barrow, Ballynacroghy Or Gallowstown, County Westmeath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballynacroghy Or Gallowstown
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.59649, -7.51058
SMR number
WM011-046----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated midway along the top of a low natural ridge running NNE-SSW in low lying marshy pasture. Ringfort (WM011-045----) located 30m to W. Possible partially natural glacial hillock that has been scarped or modified to produce a roughly oval-shaped round-topped mound (diam. 20m) of earth and stones with no visible trace of an external fosse. Partial damage to mound at ENE possibly the result of quarrying which has produced a steep scarp running N-S with some large flag stones visible (SMR Files 17/10/1972; 28/08/1973).

See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.

Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 17 July 2015

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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