Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Williamstown (rochford), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Williamstown (rochford)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.58397, -7.14825
- SMR number
- WM013-061----
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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 slight rise in grassland. Depicted as an earthwork on Larkin’s 1808 map of Co. Westmeath (NLI, MS 46,580). No surface remains visible of any monument at this location.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 10 April 2018
References
NLI, MS 46,580 - National Library of Ireland, A map of the county of Westmeath by William Larkin. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Stone head (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.