Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Rath Lower, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rath Lower
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.00717, -6.18067
- SMR number
- LH008-099003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Wright (1758, bk II, 7) notes that 'a few roods from the castle are the remains of a tumulus'.
Reference:
Wright, T. 1758 Louthiana. London
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 6 March 2012
Nearby in the register
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.