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Moated site

Dunboden Demesne, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Dunboden Demesne, 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
Dunboden Demesne
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.45331, -7.34623
SMR number
WM026-090----

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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 ridge running roughly E-W, in pasture, with extensive views to N. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a rectangular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1971 as a large rectangular-shaped area (dims. 38m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by a low scarp, wide shallow fosse with traces of an earthen outer bank along the S side. A slight depression (Wth at top 7.8m; basal Wth 3m) in the upper edge of the scarp and a slight causeway (Wth at top 3.2m; basal Wth 6.3m; H approx. 0.2m) across the fosse at N presumably represents the entrance. There is a large quarry hole to the immediate N of the site.

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

Date of upload: 04 November 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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