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