Wattstown Barrows
| Dumhaí Bhaile Bhatt | |||||||||||
 Shown within Ireland
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| Location |
Wattstown, Portloman, County Westmeath, Ireland |
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| Coordinates | 53°34′32″N 7°26′08″W / 53.575590°N 7.435572°WCoordinates: 53°34′32″N 7°26′08″W / 53.575590°N 7.435572°W | ||||||||||
| Type | tumuli | ||||||||||
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| Material | earth | ||||||||||
| Founded | c. 3000–2000 BC | ||||||||||
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| Ownership | State | ||||||||||
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| Official name | Wattstown Barrows |
| Reference no. | 606 |
Wattstown Barrows are two tumuli (barrows) which form a National Monument in County Westmeath, Ireland.
Wattstown Barrows are located near the summit of Frewin Hill (173 m / 568 ft high), overlooking Lough Owel to the east.
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.
According to legend, Frewin Hill was the site of the Battle of Frémainn in AD 507, where Failge Berraide defeated Fiachu mac Néill.
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