Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - mound barrow
Barrettstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barrettstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- WM025-059001-
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The National Monuments Service's description
The precise location of a burial mound in a place called 'Carawn' in the townland of Barrettstown has not been identified. A possible burial mound or mound barrow described by Wilde (1857-61, 89) as a tumulus consisting of, ‘a small oval nipple upon the rise of some sloping ground in a place called Carawn’. A portion of the mound was removed to expose the cist burial (WM025-059----).
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 23 September 2019
References
Wilde, W.R. 1857-61 On Human Remains Found at Barrettstown, County Westmeath. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 7, 88-91.