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Barrow - mound barrow

Thomastown (fore By.), County Meath, Ireland

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Townland
Thomastown (fore By.)
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.71741, -7.10795
SMR number
ME015-049003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 at the crest of the N-facing slope of a broad hill in an undulating landscape. This is a circular grass-covered mound (diam. of base 14.5m N-S; H 0.6m at S to 3m at N) with a slight fosse (at S: Wth of top 8m; Wth of base 1m; ext. D 0.3m) at S that morphs in to a scarp (at N: H 1m) at the base of the mound W-N-E. The barrow (ME015-049002-) is c. 40m to the ESE.

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

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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