Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Dowth, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dowth
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.70043, -6.45119
- SMR number
- ME020-020----
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
The following 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
Oval mound (dims. 26m NNE-SSW, 11m WNW-ESE, H c. 1.4m). Probably natural.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Passage tomb artunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.