Designed landscape in Craddanstown

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Situated on a low rise, in generally level pasture, with excellent views to NW and SE. Depicted as a circular-shaped earthwork on the Longford Estate Map of 1767 and Larkin’s 1808 Map of Co. Westmeath. Depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as an oval-shaped tree-ring. Monument described in 1980 as a natural rise or ridge which was planted with trees in antiquity. There is a large shallow depression in the N side of the ridge where quarrying activities took place in the past. A slight mound on the top of the ridge at the S end of the depression is probably due to up-cast from the quarrying. The area of the depression and the ridge just S of it is overgrown with trees. No surface remains visible of an earthwork. This appears to be a landscape feature of Craddockstown House, which lies c. 190m to NW. The site is visible as a modern farmyard on Digital Globe aerial photography.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM021-001

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