Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - unclassified
Castlelost West, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlelost West
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured, Knocknakill
- Coordinates
- 53.42364, -7.32744
- SMR number
- WM033-032----
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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
On a low rise of dry ground on marshy land, with restricted views of the surrounding countryside. Monument visited in 1971 and revisited in 1978 and described as a small circular area (dims. 7.3m NNW-SSE; 6.6m WSW-ENE) enclosed by a slight earthen bank (base Wth 2.4m; top Wth 0.4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.1m) with a narrow shallow external fosse (top Wth 1.3m; ext. D 0.25m). No entrance feature visible. A large stone is visible lying in the fosse at ESE. Not indicated on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map but depicted as a small barrow type monument on the revised 1910 ed. OS 6-inch map where it is annotated as 'Knocknakill'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 23 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Tomb - effigialunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.