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Earthwork

Balrath West, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Earthwork, Balrath West, 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
Balrath West
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.56539, -7.17687
SMR number
WM013-126----

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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

Oval-shaped earthwork or platform (approx. diam. 27m) depicted as an antiquity on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map and shown on subsequent editions of the OS maps as an oval-shaped platform. Earthwork is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial imagery.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Edmond O'Donovan

Date of upload: 16 April 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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