Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - unclassified
Castletown Tara, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castletown Tara
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Rath Grainne
- Latest-edition OS map
- Rath Gráinne
- Coordinates
- 53.58286, -6.61545
- SMR number
- ME031-033026-
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
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
Situated on N slope of hill. Interior disturbed. Originally may have had mound in centre with encircling fosse and outer bank (diam. 66m). Entrance may be at NE. (Macalister 1931, 72-3)
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.