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Road - class 3 togher

Ballynahownwood, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Road - class 3 togher, Ballynahownwood, 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
Ballynahownwood
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
53.35382, -7.89190
SMR number
WM035-016----

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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

The site (Wth 1.9m; D 0.13m) is orientated NNE-SSW and consists of brushwood (diam. 0.02-0.05m) predominantly of ash. The brushwood is up to six layers in depth and laid in three discrete bundles, with occasional pieces lying obliquely. Toolmarks were evident.

Nearby in the register

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

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