Earthwork in Petitswood, County Westmeath

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What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle rise, in pasture. Annotated 'earthwork' on Larkin’s 1808 map of Co. Westmeath. Levelled monument described in 1980 as no surface remains visible. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe aerial photography and the area is now occupied by a modern bungalow.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM019-062

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Photo credits

Westmeath Examiner, www.westmeathexaminer.ie
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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Maker not stated on source page, www.abartaheritage.ie
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