Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Gravelstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gravelstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Mound
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured Mound
- Coordinates
- 53.76618, -6.81003
- SMR number
- ME011-027----
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 in a relatively low-lying position in an undulating landscape. This is a circular, grass-covered and rounded mound (diam. of base 30m E-W; H 6m) planted with trees and with a drystone revetment (H 1m) at its base
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 9 April 2019
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.