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Barrow - unclassified

Hill of Rath, County Louth, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - unclassified, Hill of Rath, County Louth, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Hill of Rath
County
Louth
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
NULL
Coordinates
53.73871, -6.40328
SMR number
LH024-002001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007

'Rath or tumulus originally enclosed by a breastwork of earth of inconsiderable elevation' (PRIA (C) 1840-5, 259-61). Removal of soil from the brow of the hill in 1841 to fill a quarry-hole led to the discovery of between 150-200 inverted urns containing bones and charcoal. These were destroyed by the landowner, but subsequent 'excavation' of an untouched area by J.H. Smith revealed several more urns and a few artifacts (JRSAI 1967, 42) (see also LH024-002002-). The site appears to have covered about 5 or 6 acres, and the urns, which were embedded in the natural clay, were at a depth of 1m, which suggests a mound of some description covering at least part of the area.

Nearby in the register

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

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