Wattstown Barrows
Dumhaí Bhaile Bhatt | |
  Shown within Ireland | |
| Location | Wattstown, Portloman, County Westmeath, Ireland |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Site notes | |
| Ownership | State |
| Official name | Wattstown |
| Reference no. | 606[1] |
Wattstown Barrows are two tumuli (barrows) which form a National Monument in County Westmeath, Ireland.[2]
Location
[edit]Wattstown Barrows are located near the summit of Frewin Hill (173 m / 568 ft high), overlooking Lough Owel to the east.[3]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "National Monuments of County Westmeath in State Care" (PDF). heritageireland.ie. National Monument Service. p. 2. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "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.