Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - mound barrow
Dowth, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dowth
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Moat
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.69707, -6.46520
- SMR number
- ME019-043----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Some 700m NE of the great mound at Newgrange (ME019-045----) is a mound , c. 22m in diam. and 4m high, surrounded by a kerb 31m in diam. Listed as possible passage-tomb (Herity 1974, 251) (O'Kelly 1978, 59).
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.
Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007
References
O'Kelly, C. 1978 (3rd ed.) Illustrated guide to Newgrange and the other Boyne monuments. Cork. Author.
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Embanked enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.