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Moated site

Ardborra, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Ardborra, 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
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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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 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

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

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