Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - mound barrow
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
- 53.45597, -7.67575
- SMR number
- WM024-204----
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
In pasture, on summit of a low hill in undulating pasture, townland boundary with Raheen immediately to SW. Low roughly circular-shaped flat-topped earthen mound (H. c. 0.5m; diam. c. 3m) in W corner of field, the hedgerow of this field marks the townland boundary with Raheen from S-W-N. Outline of earthwork visible on OSi orthoimage taken between 2005-12. Possible mound-barrow visible on Google Earth orthophoto taken 25/04/2021.
See attached photographs courtesy of Paul Gosling and Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/04/2021
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Paul Gosling
Date of upload: 2 December 2021
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.