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Barrow - unclassified

Castlelost West, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - unclassified, Castlelost West, County Westmeath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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