Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial mound
Wooddown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Wooddown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.52699, -7.24186
- SMR number
- WM020-063----
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 top of a gentle, yet prominent rise, in pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. Ringfort (WM020-064----) lies c. 75m to SE. Depicted on the revised 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1976 as a low, circular-shaped round topped mound (dims. 19.2m N-S; 18.9m E-W; H 1.1m). No visible trace of a fosse. Monument is not clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 05 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.