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Post row - peatland

Killavally, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Post row - peatland, Killavally, 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
Killavally
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
53.36915, -7.38707
SMR number
WM039-025----

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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 (L 23.49m) is orientated NNW-SSE and consists of three stakes set between 85-90°. The first sighting consists of a single stake with a metal-cut chisel point. The second sighting lies approximately 23m to the N and consists of two closely spaced stakes. SMR WM039-142----, a single stake located approximately 23m to the N, may be associated with this site.

Date of upload: 06 August 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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