Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Cruicetown (kells Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cruicetown (kells Lower By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.82394, -6.80756
- SMR number
- ME005-062----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
Situated on a slight rise in a low-lying landscape. It is not marked on any OS map but it is in a field known locally as the ‘Fort Field’. This is a large oval grass-covered area (dims c. 146m NW-SE; c. 129m NE-SW) defined by a grass-covered earthen bank (Wth c. 5m; H c. 1-1.5m) SSW-W-N that melds into the ground elsewhere.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 5 September 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Kilnunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.