Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rabbit warren
Ballykeeran, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballykeeran
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Dotted outline, Rabbit Burrow
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.44263, -7.89021
- SMR number
- WM029-004----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 at the end of a low rise, with good views of the surrounding countryside. Annotated Depicted ‘Rabbit Burrow’ on the 1837 OS 6-inch map and depicted as a large circular-shaped shaded area delimited by a perforated line. Monument described in 1973 as no surface remains visible. No surface remains visible today of rabbit Burrow on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 06 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Burial moundunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - inlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.