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Barrow - mound barrow

Crossakeel, County Meath, Ireland

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Townland
Crossakeel
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Moat
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.71422, -7.02058
SMR number
ME016-024----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated towards the top of the W-facing slope of a high hill. A circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) is depicted here on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘Moat’, and a mound curtailed by property boundaries at N and E is depicted on the 1912 edition of the map. This is a circular defaced mound (diam. c. 15m; H c. 2m) truncated by property boundaries in the village of Crossakeel.

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: 26 February 2019

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