Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Settlement deserted - medieval
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
- 53.80436, -6.79307
- SMR number
- ME005-094005-
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
Foundations of at least two stone structures, one measuring 16m by 5.5m visible to the E of church (ME005-094----) and south of motte (ME005-093----). Quarrying may have destroyed others. A sunken roadway (W 11m) runs E from the structures. (Graham 1974, 49).
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.
Date of revision: 10 December, 2014
References
Graham, B. 1974 Medieval settlement in County Meath. Ríocht na Mídhe, 5, No. 4, 40-59.
Nearby in the register
- Tomb - effigialunder 1 mi
- Cross - Churchyard crossunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.