Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - mound barrow
Gernonstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gernonstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Moat
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured Moat
- Coordinates
- 53.71764, -6.58971
- SMR number
- ME019-007----
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
Located towards the bottom of a S-facing slope and c. 100m N of a small NW-SE stream. A mound, described as a ‘Moat’, is depicted on the 1836 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map. This is a flat-topped mound (diam. of base 33m E-W; diam. of top 15-16.5m; H 3m) with no evidence of a surrounding fosse or bank but with a plough scarp on the W side. The river is identified as the Tromma and the mound as Sídh Tromma (Morris 1926, 37) which featured in the legendary route Queen Maeve took from Rathcroghan to Cooley.
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 upload: 10 July 2007
Amended: 27 January 2021
References
Morris, H. 1926 The battle of Ocha and the burial place of Niall of the Nine Hostages. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 56, 29-42.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.