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House - indeterminate date

Davidstown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of House - indeterminate date, Davidstown, 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
Davidstown
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.55012, -7.53450
SMR number
WM018-030001-

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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

Situated on top of a gentle rise, in undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Within W quadrant of ringfort (WM018-030----) are the remains of a roughly rectangular-shaped house site (dims. 5.8m ESE-WNW; 4.5m NNE-SSW) defined by a low (H 0.35m) grass-covered earth and stone bank (top Wth 1.8m; base Wth 2.1m) with entrance gap at WNW. A low, straight scarp runs NW-SE from the SE corner.

See attached sketch plan of monument by the ASI.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 11 January 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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