Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Ardborra, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardborra
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.47131, -7.73802
- SMR number
- WM023-063----
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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 a low rise, in low-lying and gently undulating pasture with good views in all directions. Monument described in 1977 as a subrectangular-shaped area (33m NW-SE; 32m NE-SW) enclosed by an earthen bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The inner bank is very low and is best preserved on the S and W sides. An intervening fosse is visible. The outer bank is low and is much degraded in several places. The interior is uneven with a rise towards the centre where there is a house site (WM023-063001-). A very low curved bank is also visible within the interior and may represent the remains of a second house site. Outline of moated site clearly visible on oblique aerial photograph taken 1969 which shows second moated site (LI023-066----) 335m to SE (CUCAP AYR064).
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 29 July 2019
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 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.