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Barrow - ring-barrow

Loughagar More, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ring-barrow, Loughagar More, 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
Loughagar More
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.57103, -7.26381
SMR number
WM012-196----

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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 on the top of a slight natural rise in gently undulating grassland, with good views to SE-SW and NW. Concentric enclosure (WM012-194---) 170m to W, ringfort (WM012-195---)145m to SW, earthwork (WM012-197----) 120m to NE. A circular-shaped, flat-topped mound (approx. diam. 10m NW-SE; overall ext. diam. 18m NW-SE) enclosed by a wide shallow fosse and external bank. The field fence which forms the townland boundary with Clonkill intersects the perimeter of the monument from NW-SE. The monument has been quarried away on the E side of this fence. Portion of the bank has also been quarried away at SW. Monument placed on the Register of Historic Monuments on the 13/05/1986.

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

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 12 March 2018

Nearby in the register

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

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