Quarry in Newdown, County Westmeath

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What is recorded here

Situated on a slight rise, the northern part of which has been quarried. Depicted on the Longford Estate map of 1813 as an earthwork. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as an irregular-shaped depression marked ‘Gravel Pit (disused)’. Levelled monument described in 1971 as no surface remains visible. Possibly earthwork which was quarried away as depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM027-005

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