Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Bigfurze, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bigfurze
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55076, -7.56715
- SMR number
- WM017-021001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 a slight knoll, in low lying pasture, overlooking a stream c. 85m to W. Ringfort (WM017-021----) interior rises steadily from the perimeter to the centre where the remains of a rectangular hut site (dims. 6m N-S x 5m E-W) are visible. The foundations of the hut site are defined by some bumps and hollows in the ground on N side and by a low earthen bank on S. There are also some boulders and loose stones on the site. A forestry plantation is located c. 55m to E.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen
Date of upload: 23 November 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.