Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - mound barrow
Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardbraccan
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.65524, -6.75111
- SMR number
- ME024-013----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a broad, undulating NE-SW ridge with slightly higher ground just to the NE. This is a grass-covered and flat-topped mound (diam. of top 11m N-S; 10m E-W; diam. of base c. 20m; H c. 1.5-2m) with a low earthen bank planted with deciduous trees c. 12m outside the base of the mound.
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: 16 April 2019
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.