Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Quarry
Newdown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newdown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.49483, -7.21880
- SMR number
- WM027-005----
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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
Situated on a slight rise, the northern part of which has been quarried. Depicted on the Longford Estate map of 1813 as an earthwork. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as an irregular-shaped depression marked ‘Gravel Pit (disused)’. Levelled monument described in 1971 as no surface remains visible. Possibly earthwork which was quarried away as depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 04 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Road - unclassified togherunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.