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Hut site

Clonyn, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hut site, Clonyn, 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
Clonyn
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.61169, -7.12676
SMR number
WM013-013001-

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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 a natural rise in rushy reclaimed grassland with wide views of the surrounding countryside. A stream running roughly E-W lies 80m to N. A possible hut site (approx. dims. 9.6m NE-SW x 8.9m NW-SE) is visible as a circular-shaped platform in the centre of a ringfort (WM013-013----)

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien and Frank Coyne

Date of upload: 2 August 2017

Nearby in the register

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

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