Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - mound barrow
Mooretown (deece Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mooretown (deece Lower By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Crocknashesh Moat
- Latest-edition OS map
- Crocknashesh Moat
- Coordinates
- 53.51441, -6.61189
- SMR number
- ME043-004----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Located at the summit of a N-S ridge. It is depicted as a mound and described as ‘Crockanshesh Moat’ on the 1836 and 1912 editions of the OS 6-inch map. This is a circular and grass-covered, though badly poached, earthen mound (diam. of base 20m; H 1.8m at NNW to 3m at SSE) with a rounded top (diam. c. 2m).
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: 21 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.