Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Knockmark, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockmark
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Knockmark Moat
- Latest-edition OS map
- Knockmark Moat
- Coordinates
- 53.50916, -6.59168
- SMR number
- ME044-002----
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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 a gentle N-facing slope. It is depicted as an oval feature and described as ‘Knockmark Moat’ on the 1836 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map. This is a circular grass-covered earthen mound (diam. of base 14.4m E-W; 13.5m N-S; H 1.6m at S to 2.2m at NW) with some deciduous trees. It is within and towards the SE edge of an oval enclosure (dims 64m NW-SE; 32m NE-SW) defined by a slight scarp but with a large oval or crescent-shaped mound (L 24m NE-SW; Wth 16m NW-SE; H 2-2.4m) on the perimeter SE-S. The large enclosure is probably a tree-ring and the mound on the perimeter may be natural.
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: 22 November 2021
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.