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Settlement deserted - medieval

MacEtown (Skreen By.), County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Settlement deserted - medieval, MacEtown, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
MacEtown (Skreen By.)
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.57806, -6.49374
SMR number
ME032-041----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Banks and scarps creating rectangular plots (dims. c. 25m by c. 15m) of which there are six, some with distinct house foundations and two larger plots (dims. c. 60m by c. 30m). Plots, arranged on grid plan, separated by sunken trackways (W at bottom c. 5m). Five house platforms can be recognised with certainty. Old mill race defines E and S edge of settlement which covers c. 8 acres. Church (ME032-044----) and castle (ME032-042----) on ridge to S and, like these monuments, settlement may be late medieval.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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