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Newhaggard (moyfenrath Lower), County Meath, Ireland

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Townland
Newhaggard (moyfenrath Lower)
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.54755, -6.83682
SMR number
ME036-016----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Situated on a slight rise in a gently undulating landscape with slightly higher ground to the NW. This is a raised and slightly domed (H 0.5m), grass-covered oval area (dims c. 80m NW-SE; c. 63m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (at SE: Wth 2m; H c. 1.3m), with an outer fosse (at NW: Wth of top 4.5m; Wth of base 2m; ext. D 0.5m) NW-N continued as a drain N-E. An original entrance is not identified but there is a modern entrance at SE.

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.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of revision: 5 July 2019
Amended: 24 March 2023

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

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