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°W | ||||||||
| Type | tumuli | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| Material | earth | ||||||||
| Founded | c. 3000–2000 BC | ||||||||
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| 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 Frewin Hill (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
- ^ https://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/monuments-in-state-care-westmeath.pdf
- ^ https://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/Archaeology-RMP-Westmeath-Manual-(1997)-0052.pdf
- ^ "Ancient Monuments of the Midlands - Offaly History". 1 September 2007.
- ^ "'Tree' mast awaits second reprieve in October".