Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Knowth, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knowth
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.70425, -6.48993
- SMR number
- ME019-074----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Small circular low mound visible on aerial photographs (CUCAP AHJ, 68, 71, 100; Stout 2005, 385-6).
See attached Google Earth aerial photograph taken 12 November 2005.
References
Stout, G. 2005 Interpretation of an earthwork complex at Knowth, Co. Meath. In C. Corlett and T. Condit (eds.), Above and beyond; essays in commemoration of Leo Swan, 383-92. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Industrial siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.