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Barrow - mound barrow

Ushnagh Hill, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - mound barrow, Ushnagh Hill, County Westmeath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ushnagh Hill
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.48952, -7.56200
SMR number
WM024-195----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Monument identified and described by Schot (2016) as following; 'This feature is located on a slight rise littered with surface outcrop, c.75m SE of St Patrick’s Bed (WM024-059----), and may be a small barrow (Schot 2011). It consists of a low, circular earthen mound, c.5.5m in diameter and 0.4m in maximum height, with a gently rounded profile. There are no surface indications of an enclosing ditch or bank'.

See attached photo provided by Dr. Roseanne Schot

Compiled by: Dr. Roseanne Schot

Date of upload: 08 May 2019

References

Schot, R. 2011 From cult centre to royal centre: monuments, myths and other revelations at Uisneach. In R. Schot, C. Newman and E. Bhreathnach (eds), Landscapes of cult and kingship, 87–113. Dublin.

Schot, R. et. al. 2016 Conservation Plan for the Hill of Uisneach, Co. Westmeath – Part 1: Assessment of Cultural Significance, with contributions by D. Drew and R. Sherlock.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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