Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Ushnagh Hill, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ushnagh Hill
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.48904, -7.56045
- SMR number
- WM024-065----
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 S-facing slope of the Hill of Ushnagh, in pasture, with good views to S. Monument described in 1963 as a small D-shaped enclosure which possibly represents the remains of a hut site located to the SE of St. Patrick's Bed (WM024-059----) (OPW Field Report 15/08/1963). Levelled monument described in 1983 as no surface remains visible of possible hut site which was located near the SW corner of a large rectangular-shaped earthwork (WM024-062----) .
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 13 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.