Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Ballinlig Upper, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinlig Upper
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.45893, -7.66757
- SMR number
- WM024-133----
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 low rise, in pasture, with good views to NW, N and S. Depicted as an earthwork on Larkin’s 1808 Map of County Westmeath (NLI, MS 46,580). Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Monument described in 1978 as no surface remains visible.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 27 August 2019
References
NLI, MS 46,580 - National Library of Ireland, A map of the county of Westmeath by William Larkin. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.