Brownstown Old, settlement cluster in County Westmeath

What is recorded here

Situated on a small natural ridge in undulating grass-land with good views in all directions. Popssible moated site (WM008-042----) 65m to NNE and ringfort (WM008-044----) 110m to E. According to local information the complex series of depressions and/or earthworks in this field marks the site of the 'old town of Brownstown'. A cluster of buildings 50m to N are annotated as 'Brownstown Old' on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. All that remains of this complex of depressions is a rectangular shaped area (approx. dims. 6m N-S x 9m E-W) enclosed by a low earthen bank and fosse. To the W is a rectangular depression in the side of a natural ridge. To the N is an old trackway (Wth 2m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM008-043

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What survives: Recorded monument

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Photo credits

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
Gavigan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Brian Shaw, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Marathon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Illustrator not named; The Dublin Penny Journal (1835), public scan from Internet Archive and JSTOR, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

IndicatedEnclosure · 875 yd