Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - mound barrow
Ninch, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ninch
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.67819, -6.25128
- SMR number
- ME028-006----
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 1799 "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
Circular mound (diam. 25m., H 6m) partially excavated and restored in 1979 by P. D. Sweetman (RMAHS 1982-3, 58-68) who demonstrated that it was a burial mound of the late Iron Age.
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 11/1977).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.