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Burial mound

Burrow (coolock By., Howth Ed), County Dublin, Ireland

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Townland
Burrow (coolock By., Howth Ed)
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Mound, Knock of Howth
Coordinates
53.39332, -6.12083
SMR number
DU015-019----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The National Monuments Service's description

Destroyed in the 1930's. A curving stone wall N of Boroughfield road outlines the N portion of the site. Formerly a round-topped mound (H.1.70m, diam. c. 18m). It was built up of two layers, a stone core and an upper layer of sandy soil. A human skull and large white boulder were found in the upper strata of the mound (Gogan, Irish Independent, 14 August 1933).

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout

Updated by: Christine Baker

Date of upload: 26 January 2015

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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