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Bigwood
Westmeath, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1007
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1007 (1007)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Westmeath
- Historic county
- Westmeath
- Parish, community, or townland
- Bigwood
- Latitude
- 53.73537
- Longitude
- -7.31158
- Altitude
- 241 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.19 ha
- Footprint
- 0.26 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1906)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database WM003-008
- National record
- record WM 003
- Wikidata
- Q31081584
Sources