Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - mound barrow
Rathtrim, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathtrim
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.53568, -7.51570
- SMR number
- WM018-092----
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
Surveyed in 2013 and described by McGuinness (2014, 60) as following: 'The survey-team was unable to gain access to this monument this season. The 1983 ASI description is as follows: There is a small mound clearly visible on the shoulder of a hill to SE of ringfort (WM018-091----). This mound is certainly artificial and appears to be of some antiquity. It is roughly circular in shape, c. 6m in diameter on top. It is composed of earth and stone, & is c. 50cm high. Some bushes are growing beside it & on top of it. It commands a very good view. [SMR file] If an ancient burial mound, this monument would appear to be a small mound-barrow
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness.
Date of upload: 23 February 2015
References
McGuinness, D. 2014 The prehistoric burial mounds and related monuments of County Westmeath. Part II - Monuments in central Westmeath (Barony of Rathconrath and parts of baronies of Moygoish, Moycashel, and Moyashel & Magheradernon). Unpublished survey funded by Westmeath County Council in association with Westmeath Archaeological and Historical Society.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.