Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Loughcrew, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loughcrew
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.72195, -7.14510
- SMR number
- ME015-040----
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 lower SE-facing slope of a hill and at the crest of a NE-facing slope. This was described in 1969 (SMR file) as a low grass-covered area (diam. 6.5m E-W; 6m N-S) defined by a slight fosse (Wth of top 3.5-4.8m; int. D 0.1m at SSW to 0.5m at NNE; ext. D 0.3-0.4m) and an outer bank (Wth of base 3-3.5m; ext. H 0.7m), which was missing WSW-NW. An entrance was not identified (max. ext. diam. 17.5m NNE-SSW). Visible evidence of this monument had been removed by 1995 (OSAP).
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: 8 January 2019
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.