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Barrow - ring-barrow

Culleen More, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ring-barrow, Culleen More, 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
Culleen More
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.56490, -7.36350
SMR number
WM019-002----

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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 high steep ridge overlooking Lough Owel to W and Church Island (WM012-167-/001/002/003-) 600m to NW. This ridge is known locally as ‘Captain’s Hill’ and is reputedly the burial site of Turgesius (SMR File). Small oval-shaped mound (dims. 5m E-W x 15m NW-SE) of earth and stone the base of which is defined by a wide shallow fosse visible from N-E and from W-SW only with remains of an earthen counterscarp bank. Small post-medieval gravel/quarry pit cut into WSW face of mound. There was formerly a golf course in this area and some landscaping of the land may have taken place at this time.

Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 20 July 2015

Nearby in the register

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

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