Earthwork in Crosswood, County Westmeath

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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.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM029-029

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