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Barrow - stepped barrow

Lisnabin, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - stepped barrow, Lisnabin, 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
Lisnabin
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.51891, -7.17217
SMR number
WM020-109----

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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 a generally level area, in low-lying pasture, which is overlooked by higher, gently undulating pasture to E, S and W where views are restricted. A pond lies c. 45m to N and barrows (WM020-112----/113----/114----) lie c. 240m to SW. Townland boundary with Rathnarrow lies 35m to S. Monument (overall diam. 27m) described in 1970 as a circular-shaped round-topped mound (approx. diam. 8m) defined by a wide berm and a shallow flat-bottomed fosse (Wth at top 3.6m; basal Wth 1.9m; D 0.4m) that is almost filled in at E and from S-W. There is a modern quarry hole on the top of the mound at W. Monument is visible as a roughly circular shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.

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

Date of upload: 08 July 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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