Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Braysland,howthstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Braysland,howthstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.81430, -6.62650
- SMR number
- ME006-046----
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
Situated on the summit of a small hill. A small embanked circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 20m) is depicted on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘Fort’. A house and garden had been established at the location by 1970.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Windmillunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.