Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Meelaghans, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Meelaghans
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.25401, -7.43111
- SMR number
- OF017-016----
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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
Earthwork which acted as a railway embankment for a railiway line of post-1700 AD date (OHAS file 1974).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.