Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - mound barrow
Ballynamona (fore By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynamona (fore By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.72465, -7.12115
- SMR number
- ME015-045----
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 summit of a beaded N-S ridge, which is overlooked by higher hills to the W and SE. It is not depicted on any OS 6-inch map but is visible as a feature on aerial photographs (GSIAP: N 259, 260). This is a grass-covered mound of earth and stone (diam. of base c. 20m; H 2m at N to 4m at S) with some bushes. It could be natural.
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: 15 January 2019
References
GSIAP - Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey. Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.