Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Bracklin, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bracklin
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Crooked Wood
- Latest-edition OS map
- Crooked Wood
- Coordinates
- 53.56845, -7.06488
- SMR number
- WM014-023----
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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
Aerial photograph taken by Leo Swan shows various cropmarks (LS_AS_35CT_00042_16m)scattered throughout the field which was an old forest annotated as 'Crooked Wood' on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Visible on the aerial photograph is the cropmark of a linear earthwork in NE corner of field which could be the remains of an old roadway. To the S of the linear earthwork in E corner of the field is the cropmark of a large rectangular earthwork. To the W of this rectangular cropmark located in the bottom centre of the photo in the S quadrant of the field is the cropmark of a circular shaped enclosure with D-shaped annexe on S side. This could be the cropmark of a levelled ringfort with annexe. To the W of this cropmark there is the curving line of a ditch running N towards NW corner of field where there appears to be the cropmark of a large circular-shaped enclosure (Manning 1985, 23).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Katherine Daly
Date of upload: 17 April 2018
References
Manning, C. 1985 Irish Field Monuments. The Stationery Office. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower house1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Earthwork1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.