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Timber circle

Newgrange, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Timber circle, Newgrange, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Newgrange
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.68938, -6.47385
SMR number
ME019-078----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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 at the outer edge of the lowest terrace overlooking the floodplain on the N bank of a W-E section of the River Boyne. An aerial photograph (GB89.L.13) shows an arc of an enclosure that is also visible on OSI images (1995). This has a diameter of c. 30m and is defined by a single fosse feature that might be composed of contiguous pits and is only visible E-S-W, as was reported by Conor Brady (pers. com.). It could be a timber circle.

Revised by: Michael Moore

Date of revised upload: 08 October 2025

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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