Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - unclassified
Gibstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gibstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.49722, -7.59846
- SMR number
- WM024-023----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
There is no file in the ASI archives for this entry. Small circular-shaped poorly drained area (diam. c. 18m) defined by a line of rushes possibly indicating the presence of a ditch visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Could be the remains of a ditch barrow or a natural pond of no archaeological significance.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 16 August 2023
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.