Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure - peatland
Rattin, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rattin
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.44272, -7.19428
- SMR number
- WM034-025----
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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
A deposit (Wth 1.01m; D 0.27m) of irregularly laid light brushwood, occasional twigs and a possible peg. The peg is located to the NE of the main deposit and is set at 85°. The wood is in poor condition and there is a metal-cut toolmark on the end of the roundwood. The site lies in poorly humified Sphagnum peat with pockets of Eriophorum. SMR WM034-024---- lies 3.6m NE and SMR WM034-026---- lies 4.6m SW of this site.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 26 July 2013
Nearby in the register
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- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
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- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.