Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - class 3 togher
Ballynahownwood, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynahownwood
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.35382, -7.89190
- SMR number
- WM035-016----
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
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
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 3 togherunder 1 mi
- Post row - peatlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.