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

Wattstown Barrows
Dumhaí Bhaile Bhatt
Wattstown Barrows is located in Ireland
Wattstown Barrows
Shown within Ireland
LocationWattstown, Portloman,
County Westmeath, Ireland
Coordinates53°34′32″N 7°26′08″W / 53.575590°N 7.435572°W / 53.575590; -7.435572
Typetumuli
History
Materialearth
Foundedc. 3000–2000 BC
Site notes
OwnershipState
Official nameWattstown
Reference no.606[1]

Location

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

Description

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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

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  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. 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.