Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone head
MacEtown (skreen By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- MacEtown (skreen By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.57594, -6.49496
- SMR number
- ME032-043----
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
Three carved stone heads built into a wall. May originally have come from nearby church (ME032-044----) (Hickey 1984, 112-13).
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.
Date of upload: 10 July 2007
References
Hickey, E. 1984 Three Stone Heads from Macetown, Ríocht na Mídhe, vol. 3, No. 3, 112-3.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.