Earthwork in Annaskinnan, County Westmeath

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What is recorded here

Situated in undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Depicted as an earthwork on Larkin’s 1808 map of Co. Westmeath (). Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Levelled monument described in 1980 as no surface remains visible. Levelled monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM027-047

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