What is recorded here
Situated on N-facing slope of a ridge running NW-SE, to the immediate N of Athlone-Mullingar railway line, on the E edge of Athlone town. Depicted as an earthwork on Larkin’s 1808 map of Co. Westmeath (NLI, MS 46,580). Not depicted on any ed. OS maps. Levelled monument described in 1973 as no surface remains visible. Levelled monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 07 November 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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