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Earthwork

Jamestown (Rathconrath By., Churchtown ED), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Earthwork, Jamestown, 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
Jamestown (Rathconrath By., Churchtown ED)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.50000, -7.47630
SMR number
WM025-014----

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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

Situated on a low rise, in low-lying, wet pasture, with limited views of the surrounding landscape; A stream and townland boundary to the immediate E. Monument described in 1971 and 1977 as a long, suboval-shaped area (dims. 58m NW-SE; 34m NE-SW) defined by a scarp, which tapers to a point at SE. The scarp (H 1.2m) is present from SE-W-N-ENE. There is no fosse or entrance visible. The interior rises slightly from the perimeter to the centre. There is a low, circular-shaped platform of earth and stone just within the interior, on the upper edge of the scarp at SSE, which appears modern.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.

Date of upload: 1 September 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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