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Designed landscape - tree-ring

Littletown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Designed landscape - tree-ring, Littletown, 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
Littletown
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
53.51461, -7.85535
SMR number
WM015-028----

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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

Cropmark of levelled tree-ring in grassland visible on 2013-2018 MapGenie satellite imagery.  Found as part of an assessment of a nearby afforestation licence application. Circular cropmark with an internal diameter of 19m. Recorded on the 25-inch OS map. Located some 88m W of a ringfort (WM015-027----). May also be a tree-ring associated with Littletown House (in ruins) or Lodge (demolished)? There may also be a possible road running in a curvilinear direction around this feature leading to a castle site (WM015-016----). Clearly visible on aerial photographs. On the 6-inch OS map this is depicted as a wooded area. May have been the remains of an earlier earthwork re-used as a landscape feature in the post-1700 period.

 

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Johnny Ryan, archaeologist, Forestry Service, DAFM

 

Date of Compilation: 10 November 2025

Nearby in the register

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

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