Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Knowth, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knowth
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.70575, -6.48697
- SMR number
- ME019-075----
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)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in a slight E-W dip or fold between a rise to the N and the ridge of Knowth c. 200m to the S, and it is also c. 45m NE of the burial ground (ME019-028----). This is a rectangular grass-covered area (dims c. 45m NNE-SSE; c. 30m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3-5m). The bank at E lies over the ring-ditch (ME019-029----).
See attached aerial photograph taken from Google Earth.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 8 June 2021
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
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.