Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Primatestown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Primatestown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.56392, -6.43882
- SMR number
- ME039-003----
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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 in a slight S-N valley, with a small S-N stream immediately to the W. It is depicted as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1836 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map, with a house inside the perimeter at S on the earlier map. It is a circular grass-covered area defined by a field bank with an entrance gap at S.
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 upload: 10 July 2007
Amended: 4 May 2022
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.