Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Jordanstown (moyfenrath Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Jordanstown (moyfenrath Lower By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.44038, -6.83077
- SMR number
- ME048-038----
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 1986 human remains were discovered along a gravel ridge. The bones ( 1986:143) found on the surface were brought to the National Museum(NMI)(Cahill & Sikora 2011, vol 2, 503).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 13 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.