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Earthwork in Ballynacor

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Situated on a low rise in undulating grassland. An earthwork is depicted at this location on Larkin’s 1808 map of Co. Westmeath (NLI, MS 46,580 ). The land was improved using machinery in the late 1970s. There are no surface remains visible of any monument at this location. No surface remains visible of any monument on Digital Globe aerial photograph.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM013-066

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