Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - mound barrow
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
- 53.48952, -7.56200
- SMR number
- WM024-195----
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
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
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.