Barrow - bowl-barrow

The National Monuments Service's description

Surveyed in 2012 and described by McGuinness (2012, 35-6) as following: ‘Steep-sided, roughly circular earthen and stone mound (Diam. 11m N-S x 11m E-W) with domed or slightly pointed profile, up to 2.2m high at highest, ENE side. Mound composed of large amounts of stone mixed with earth, but this is not a cairn per se, as some thick (c. 0.4m) layers of soil are exposed where cattle have eroded edge of mound on E side. There are very faint traces of what may be a broad, shallow ditch around base of mound on SE side. Mound is situated in low-lying pastureland c. 300m W of shore of Lough Owel. It has not been positioned on highest local elevation: there is a more prominent rise to SSW in same field and a N-S running ridge immediately NE of mound. Knockdrin (WM012-183----) is visible to E and Frewin Hill (WM011-133----) would he visible to W if there were no trees to obstruct the view.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness.

Date of upload: 22 April 2016

References

McGuinness, D. 2012 The prehistoric burial mounds and related monument of County Westmeath. Part I - Preliminary account of the monuments in the Lough Owel Area (Barony of Corkaree and part of Barony of Moyashel & Magheradernon). Unpublished survey funded by Westmeath County Council in association with Westmeath Archaeological and Historical Society.