Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field boundary
Bellewstown (moyfenrath Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bellewstown (moyfenrath Lower By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.53750, -6.86223
- SMR number
- ME036-034001-
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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 top of a prominent hillock and at the E edge the hilltop mound (ME036-034----). Archaeological excavation (99E0520) revealed portion of a fosse or ditch (Wth of top 1.5m; D 0.3m) that was filled with a brown clay and had a bank (Wth 1m plus: H 0.4m at E) on the W side. This is interpreted as a field bank and drain (Murphy 1999, 9; 2000, 232).
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
References
Murphy, D. 2000 Bellewstown: Mound, possible ring-ditch or barrow. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 1999: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 232-3, No. 677. Bray, Wordwell
Murphy, D. 1999 Report on an Archaeological Rescue Excavation and an Assessment of a Recorded Monument at Bellewstown, Trim, Co. Meath. Licence No. 99E0520. Unpublished report, Author
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.