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Barrow - unclassified

Bredagh, County Westmeath, Ireland

The record

Townland
Bredagh
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
SMR number
WM032-066----

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The National Monuments Service's description

This monument was inspected in 1977 and described as follows: 'On flat marshy ground, the field to the SW and W of the monument is criss-crossed by a number of old field drains and old field banks. The site of a possible bowl-barrow has been disturbed by a fairly recently cut drain running E-W. On the N edge of this drain there is a slight rise (diam.c.6m) in the ground with a slight fosse-like depression around it. This rise seems to represent approximately half of a circular mound. There is no evidence in the exposed face of the drain of any archaeological features. At a depth of 0.25m below the grass and c. 1m apart, two horsehoes were visible sticking out of the exposed face. This low mound may therefore be an old horse burial but there is no indication of this in the exposed side of the drain and the shoes may have simply been buried by silt dumped out of the drain' (SMR file).

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 06 March 2013

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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