Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Ballyboy (lune By., Rathmore Par.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyboy (lune By., Rathmore Par.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.63689, -6.88592
- SMR number
- ME024-023----
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
Located in a fairly level landscape, it was first identified and recorded by Melanie McQuade. An area of broken and burnt stone (dims c. 10m x c. 8m) was visible at the E corner of a ploughed and planted field.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 5 November, 2015
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy/saint's stoneunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
- Flat cemeteryunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.