Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Betaghstown (duleek Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Betaghstown (duleek Lower By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.69669, -6.24443
- SMR number
- ME021-010002-
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: 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
Eighteen burials, the majority placed in slab-lined graves, recovered in excavation by E.P Kelly during 1980. Some burials were crouched in pits and all appear to be Iron Age in date. Associated with mound and cist (ME021-010001-).
Nearby in the register
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.