Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Skeheen (nagle), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Skeheen (nagle)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.40865, -7.55385
- SMR number
- WM031-114----
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 in grassland at W end of glacial ridge running E-W which may have been modified. Well-preserved ring-barrow consisting of a low circular shaped earthen mound (diam. c. 3.5m; H c. 0.35m) enclosed by an inner fosse (approx. Wth 2.5m; D c. 0.3m) and well preserved external bank (H 0.4m).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Melanie McQuade.
Date of upload: 20 March 2017
Nearby in the register
- Stone circleunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.