Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - unclassified
Ushnagh Hill, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ushnagh Hill
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.48582, -7.56037
- SMR number
- WM024-063----
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
Situated on a hillock on the S side of the Hill of Ushnagh, in pasture with excellent views to SSE, S, and W. Holy well annotated 'Tobernaslath' (WM024-060----) lies c. 15m to W. Bivallte earthwork described in 1971 as a roughly circular-shaped area (dims. 36m WNW-ESE; 31m NNE-SSW) defined by an inner fosse and two outer banks. A narrow, shallow inner fosse is visible at W, NNW and E. There are two widely spaced outer earthen banks which are not concentric, although they make contact at N. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior rises gently from the perimeter towards the centre and a large slab lies prostrate in the SW quadrant.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 12 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.