Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - embanked barrow
Knockmark, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockmark
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.49943, -6.57738
- SMR number
- ME044-031----
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 on a slight NE-facing slope. This monument is not depicted on any map but it can be seen on Google Earth (05/10/2009). It is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 24m N-S; 21m E-W; int. diam. c. 10m) defined by a wide earthen bank (at N: Wth of base 15m; int. H 0.5; ext. H 0.6m) which is reduced to an external scarp (H 0.5m) at S. There is no visible fosse or entrance (ext. dim. 35m E-W).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 22 November 2021
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Kilnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.