Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - unclassified
Dowth, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dowth
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.70447, -6.44915
- SMR number
- ME020-016002-
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
Situated on a gentle S-facing slope in the vicinity of the great passage tomb of Dowth (ME020-017----) and the medieval parish church (ME020-019----). Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 496) describes a cromlech ‘consisting of four large upright stones, and several others lying near’. Sir William Wilde (1849, 210-11) mentions a giant’s tomb in the vicinity of the great tomb and Dowth castle (ME020-018----) in addition to the Cloghalea stones (ME020-009----) with which it might be confused. O’Kelly (1978, 59-60) observed a number of large stones against the E boundary of this field, and there is a quarry at one point which might be the site of this structure and account for the removal of the tomb.
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 revision: 10 September 2018
References
Wilde, W. 1849 The beauties of the Boyne and its tributary, the Blackwater. Dublin. McGlashan.
O'Kelly, C. 1978 (3rd ed.) Illustrated guide to Newgrange and the other Boyne monuments. Cork. Author.
Lewis, S. 1837 A topographical dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. London. Lewis and Co.
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Road - hollow-wayunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.