Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Linear earthwork
Tlachta, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tlachta
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.62888, -6.88946
- SMR number
- ME030-038----
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 at the base of a SE-NW spur on the N side of the Hill of Ward, or Tlachta. Two broad, low-profile banks extend E-W (L c. 300m) in a shallow arc which curves out to the N across the SE end of the spur. They were identified on LiDAR material, are parallel, and are placed c. 60m apart. The banks are interpreted as providing an initial defence across the SE end of the spur on the easiest approach to the surviving earthwork (ME030-001----) at the summit of the hill. (Davis 2011, 38)
Compiled by Michael Moore
Date of revised upload 21/04/2017
References
Davis, S. 2011 The unseen Hill of Ward: new insights from LiDAR data. Archaeology Ireland, vol. 25, No. 4, 36-40.
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ceremonial enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.