Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Mooretown (slane Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mooretown (slane Lower By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.80916, -6.59183
- SMR number
- ME007-007----
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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
Late in 1916 human bones were discovered just beneath the sod during quarrying at Mooretown near Ardee. Twelve slab-lined graves, generally aligned W-E with the heads at the W, were identified. Only partial skeletal remains including the skulls of two adult males were recovered. The precise location was not known for a long time, but local information now places is on a rise on a gentle W-facing slope. (MacAlister 1916; MacAlister and Holtby 1917)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 2 March 2020
References
Macalister, R. A. S. 1916 An Ancient Cemetery, Mooretown, Ardee. County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society, vol. 4, No. 1, 61.
Macalister, R. A. S. and Holtby, J. R. D. 1917 On some internments at Mooretown, Co. Meath. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, vol. 34, C, 68-71.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.