Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Baltrasna (fore By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baltrasna (fore By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.73517, -7.20406
- SMR number
- ME014-013----
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 a local height in an undulating landscape. This feature is not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. It consists of a raised circular and slightly dimpled grass-covered area (diam. of top c. 12m E-W: 9.5m N-S; diam. of base 24m E-W; H 1.1ma t N to 1.7m at S) with a slight dimple on the top at SE. It might be a barrow. Rath (ME014-012----) is c. 50m to the WSW.
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: 21 November 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.