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Henge

Monktown (Skreen By.), County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Henge, Monktown, 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
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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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

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

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

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