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Burial mound

Ballaghkeeran Little, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burial mound, Ballaghkeeran Little, 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
Ballaghkeeran Little
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.44981, -7.89227
SMR number
WM022-041004-

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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 in a small field, on the E shore of Ballaghkeeran Bay in Killinure Lough at SE end of Lough Ree. Possible promontory fort (WM022-041----) lies c. 35m to N. Monument described in 1978 as a low circular mound of earth. According to Mr Olav Johansen, who visited the site, this may represent a Viking burial. This could only be confirmed by further investigation such as geophysics and/or excavation.

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

Date of upload: 17 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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