Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial mound
Drumlargan, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumlargan
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.46077, -6.71194
- SMR number
- ME043-052----
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
In April 1982 human remains were discovered during deep ploughing in a roughly circular raised area(L 41.5m N-S, Wth 31m E-W). The remains represented at least five individuals. At least two were females and one male. There was at least one adolescent aged 15-16 years and one young adult aged 18-21 years (Cahill & Sikora 2011, vol 2, 395-400).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 11 March 2013
References
Cahill, M. and Sikora, M. (eds) 2011 Breaking ground, finding graves - reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006, 2 vols. Dublin. Wordwell Ltd. in association with the National Museum of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Battlefieldunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.