Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Birdhill, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Birdhill
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.84623, -6.65378
- SMR number
- ME006-069----
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
Located towards the bottom of a SW-facing slope. This is a small grass-covered circular area (int. diam. c. 10m; ext. diam. c. 15m) defined by a slight earthen bank and may have entrance gaps at E and W. It is visible on Google Earth (19/03/2015; 03/04/0222).
See the attached view from Google Earth (03/04/2022)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 9 March 2023
Nearby in the register
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.