Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Higginstown (lune By), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Higginstown (lune By)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.60913, -6.93881
- SMR number
- ME029-022----
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 in a level landscape and c. 16m S of a canalised NW-SE stream. This is an oval stony mound (dims 10m E-W; 6.6m N-S; H 0.8m) with a clay mantle in places and evidence of charcoal associated with the mantle.
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: 28 February 2019
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.