Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial mound
Burrow (Coolock By., Howth ED), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Burrow (Coolock By., Howth ED)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Mound (site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.38946, -6.11282
- SMR number
- DU015-023----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Named 'Moat' on the 1843 OS 6-inch map. According to Gogan (Irish Independent 14 August 1933) it contained a burial but was destroyed in the 1920s. Prior to its destruction it was described as a large shapely mound (Westropp, 1922, 62). Not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Westropp, T.J. 1922 The promontory forts and adjoining remains in Leinster. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 52, 52-76.
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Burial moundunder 1 mi
- Rabbit warrenunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.