Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - mound barrow
Alexander Reid, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Alexander Reid
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Carn
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cairn Hill
- Coordinates
- 53.65137, -6.62408
- SMR number
- ME025-034----
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 the summit of Carn Hill with wide views out in every direction. This is a circular grass-covered mound of earth and stones (diam. 21m; H 1.5m) rising sharply (diam. c. 2m; H c. 0.75m) at the centre.
Archaeological testing (06E0761) by F. Bailey and Y. Whitty c. 75m to the S at the closest point produced no related material (excavations.ie 2006:1610). Further archaeological testing (20E0492) by Donald Murphy on the route of a water-pipe c. 300m to the SW at the closest point produced no related material (excavations.ie 2020:223).
This is a National Monument in state ownership: No. 10004.
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 upload: 10 July 2007
Amended: 29 March 2023
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
- Metalworking site1 mi
- Hut site1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.