Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Athlumney, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Athlumney
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.64857, -6.67394
- SMR number
- ME025-077----
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 slight W-facing slope c. 100m from the steep slope down (H c. 10m) to a SE-NW section of the River Boyne, and on land that was on the demesne of Violet Hill, originally a small Georgian house of c. 1790 (buildingsofireland.ie 14010044) that is c. 150m to the NNW. The cropmark of an oval enclosure (dims c. 30m NW-SE; c. 22m NE-SW) defined by a single fosse, with possible quarries on the perimeter at NE and S, is visible on OSI images (1995) and on Google Earth (14/07/2018). There are possible entrances at N and S but no internal features are visible. Although it is in an area that was archaeologically tested (02E1178) by E. O’Donovan (excavations.ie 2002:1421), trenching did not extend to this area. It was first reported by Steven McGlade.
See the attached enhanced view from OSI images (1995)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 4 October 2021
Nearby in the register
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.