Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Inauguration site
Carrickobreen, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickobreen
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.39878, -7.92799
- SMR number
- WM029-032001-
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 on low-lying pasture, on the edge of the floodplain of the River Shannon. An enclosure (WM029-032----) lies close to SE. Monument described in 1973 as a large, roughly circular-shaped, flat-topped rock which lies on the E bank of the River Shannon. According to English (1945, 2), this was an inauguration place of the local O’Breen [O'Bryan/O'Brien] chieftains. The monument is also known locally as O’Brien’s Rock.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 07 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrow1 mi
- Ritual site - holy well1 mi
- Castle - unclassified2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.