Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Birdhill, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Birdhill
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.84025, -6.66172
- SMR number
- ME006-022----
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
Located on top of a drumlin. This is s circular grass-covered area (diam. of top 11.5m NE-SW; 10.5m NW-SE; H 0.3-0.4m) defined by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 5.3-7.2m; Wth of base 3-3.7m; ext. D 0.8-0.9m) and an overgrown outer bank (Wth of base 3.5-5m; ext. H 0.3-0.7m). There is a gap (Wth of base 1.2m) in the bank but no causeway at W.
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.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 26 October 2018
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.