Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Sraduff, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sraduff
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Coordinates
- 53.42804, -7.54643
- SMR number
- WM031-070----
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 a rise (300ft/91m OD) in undulating pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. Depicted as an earthwork on Larkin’s 1808 map of Co. Westmeath (NLI, MS 46,580). Depicted as a small hillock on the 1876 ed. OS 6-inch map which may have been utilised to site an enclosure. Levelled monument described in 1982 as no surface remains visible. Site of monument is visible today as a small hillock on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 22 November 2019
References
NLI, MS 46,580 - National Library of Ireland, A map of the county of Westmeath by William Larkin. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.