Wattstown Barrows
Dumhaí Bhaile Bhatt | |||||||||
![]() ![]() Shown within Ireland | |||||||||
Location | Wattstown, Portloman, County Westmeath, Ireland | ||||||||
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Coordinates | 53°34′32″N 7°26′08″W / 53.575590°N 7.435572°WCoordinates: 53°34′32″N 7°26′08″W / 53.575590°N 7.435572°W | ||||||||
Type | tumuli | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
Material | earth | ||||||||
Founded | c. 3000–2000 BC | ||||||||
Site notes | |||||||||
Ownership | State | ||||||||
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Wattstown Barrows are two tumuli (barrows) which form a National Monument in County Westmeath, Ireland.[1]
Location[]
Wattstown Barrows are located near the summit of (173 m / 568 ft high), overlooking Lough Owel to the east.[2]
Description[]
Wattstown Barrows are a ring barrow and bowl barrow, burial sites of the Bronze Age, joined together by extending a bank and ditch from the ring barrow in an arc around the bowl barrow. There is also another bowl barrow and a tumulus or cairn.[3]
According to legend, Frewin Hill was the site of the Battle of Frémainn in AD 507, where Failge Berraide defeated Fiachu mac Néill.[4]
References[]
- ^ "National Monuments in State Care: Ownership & Guardianship" (PDF). National Monuments Service. 4 March 2009.
- ^ "Westmeath-Manual" (PDF). www.archaeology.ie. 1997. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Ancient Monuments of the Midlands - Offaly History". 1 September 2007.
- ^ "'Tree' mast awaits second reprieve in October". www.advertiser.ie.
Categories:
- Archaeological sites in County Westmeath
- National Monuments in County Westmeath