Wattstown Barrows

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Wattstown Barrows
Dumhaí Bhaile Bhatt
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Location Wattstown, Portloman,
County Westmeath, Ireland
Coordinates 53°34′32″N7°26′08″W / 53.575590°N 7.435572°W / 53.575590; -7.435572
Type tumuli
History
Materialearth
Foundedc. 3000–2000 BC
Site notes
OwnershipState
Official nameWattstown
Reference no.606 [1]

Wattstown Barrows are two tumuli (barrows) which form a National Monument in County Westmeath, Ireland. [2]

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Location

Wattstown Barrows are located near the summit of Frewin Hill (173 m / 568 ft high), overlooking Lough Owel to the east. [3]

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. [4]

According to legend, Frewin Hill was the site of the Battle of Frémainn in AD 507, where Failge Berraide defeated Fiachu mac Néill. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "National Monuments of County Westmeath in State Care" (PDF). heritageireland.ie. National Monument Service. p. 2. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "National Monuments in State Care: Ownership & Guardianship" (PDF). National Monuments Service. 4 March 2009.
  3. ↑ "Westmeath-Manual" (PDF). www.archaeology.ie. 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Ancient Monuments of the Midlands - Offaly History". 1 September 2007.
  5. ↑ "'Tree' mast awaits second reprieve in October". www.advertiser.ie.
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