Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Henge
Monktown (skreen By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monktown (skreen By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.62809, -6.56778
- SMR number
- ME032-107----
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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
Situated on a slight SW-facing slope down to a WNW-ESE canalised section of the River Nanny which is c. 30m to the S. The cropmark of a large oval enclosure (int. dims c. 70m WNW-ESE; c. 55m NNE-SSW) defined by a wide fosse (Wth c. 8-10m) and a possible external bank (Wth c. 8-10m) is most clearly visible on Google Earth (21/07/2021, March 2022). There could be an entrance (Wth c. 10m) in the bank at SE (max. ext. dims c. 115m WNW-ESE; c. 100m NNE-SSW) but a wide WNW-ESE scar (Wth c. 10m) run across the S part of the site. It has all the appearances of a henge and was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére.
See the attached enhanced views _1 from Google Earth (March 2022); _2 from Google Earth (July 2021)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 July 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.