Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Ardborra, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardborra
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.46960, -7.73300
- SMR number
- WM023-066----
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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 in low lying, wet pasture. Not depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map or the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Monument described in 1981 and 1983 as a roughly rectangular-shaped area (dims. 33m NW-SE; 27m NE-SW) enclosed by a bank and external fosse. The interior is rather uneven and there is a raised area within the W quadrant. The original entrance (Wth 3m) may be at W. A stream running E-W lies immediately to S of the monument which forms the townland boundary with Ardbuckan. Outline of moated site clearly visible on oblique aerial photograph taken 1969 which shows second moated site (LI023-063----) 335m to NW (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
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.