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Moated site

Plodstown (Moyashel & Magheradernon By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Plodstown, 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
Plodstown (Moyashel & Magheradernon By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.50427, -7.30297
SMR number
WM026-016----

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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 slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views to E. Ringfort (WM026-015----) c. 12m to WNW. Annotated as a circular-shaped earthwork on the fieldwork map (SMR file). Monument described in 1971 as a rectangular-shaped area (dims. 27.5m E-W; 22m N-S) enclosed by a bank and external fosse. The bank is low and broad and is best preserved along the S and W sides. It is almost reduced to a scarp along the N side, with a counterscarp at the base, and has been quarried along most of the E side. The fosse is shallow and is best preserved along the S and W sides. There is no clear entrance and no obvious features within the interior. Monument is visible as faint rectangular-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.

See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.

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

Date of upload: 30 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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