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Wattstown Barrows
Bronze Age burial sites in Westmeath, Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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