Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure - peatland
Pass of Kilbride, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Pass of Kilbride
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.43864, -7.20456
- SMR number
- WM034-013----
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
An irregular deposit (L 5.25m; Wth 2.28m; D 0.1m min.) of mixed brushwood and twigs. The material is widely spaced with no discernible structure or orientation. A number of pieces have been displaced by machinery. The condition of the wood is poor and there is a single metal-cut chisel point is present. This site lies in well-humified Sphagnum peat with ericaceous remains and Eriophorum.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 26 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 2 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 1 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.